On Nov. 1, seven former Truman athletes will be inducted into the University's Athletics Hall of Fame in honor of their athletic achievements.
The individuals will be recognized and introduced during halftime of the football game against Pittsburg State that begins at 1 p.m. A reception in their honor will begin at 6 p.m. in the SUB Quiet Lounge. A banquet will follow at 7:30 p.m. in the SUB Georgian Room. Reservations can be made through the Athletics Office, Pershing Building 213, 785.4235.
Since 1983, when the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame began, 159 persons have been inducted.
Carol Humphries Drummond (Belleville, Ill.), a Bulldog track member, still holds the school record for the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.53. She was a qualifier at the 1980 and 1981 National AIAW meet where she earned all-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles. She also participated on the 4X100-relay team at the 1981 AIAW championships. In 1980 and 1981, she won the 100- and 200-meter hurdles at the Missouri AIAW championships. Drummond was on the 1994 Summer Biathlon bronze medal relay team at the first World Championships in the Czech Republic. A year later, she finished seventh in two races at the World Biathlon Championships in Poland. She also competed in the 1996 and 1997 World Championships.
Dale Gildehaus (Washington, Mo.) was a lineman for the 1969, 1970 and 1971 Bulldog football squads that earned MIAA titles. In 1971, he earned second- team all-conference honors, and in 1972, Gildehaus received first-team accolades. After graduating in 1974, he served as an assistant football coach and taught physical education at Union High School in Missouri. In 1986, he became head football coach at his alma mater, St. Francis Borgia High School in Washington, Mo. He was named the 3-A coach of the year in 1993, when his team won a state title. The Washington Missourian selected him as Football Coach of the Year for three years and he was cited as St. Louis Metro 3-A Coach of the Year.
Marlene Frahm Goucher (Newton, Iowa) entered Truman in 1980 and collected all-America honors in outdoor track and field three times and indoor laurels once in the shot put. It was the most times that any women's track performer at Truman had received all-America recognition. Goucher is currently the school's record holder in the shot put (50-1/2) and Javelin (148-8). In 1985, she won the NCAA Division II indoor record in the shot put (50-1/2) and qualified for the Division I nationals. Goucher was also a seven-time MIAA conference champion and record-holder in the shot put. She graduated in 1986 and served as a student assistant at Truman and a graduate assistant coach at Mankato State University. She is a production associate with Hollister, Inc., in Kirksville.
Michael Laususe (St. Louis) enrolled in 1974 at Truman. During a four-year football career, he went from averaging 3.0 yards as a freshman to 27.4 yards in kickoff returns his senior year and earned all- conference recognition as a defensive back. He also competed in track and field. In 1976, Laususe was also a member in the sprint medley team which set a school record of 3:19.8. After graduating, he served as a substitute teacher and later became an employee of the Missouri Department of Transportation. In March 1988, Laususe was killed in a car accident. He is survived by his wife, Valerie, and a daughter, Ashley.
Steve Schlichtig (St. Louis), entered Truman in 1983 and was a forward for the soccer team. He set or shared 11 school records, paced the team in scoring four years and was on two MIAA championship teams. Schlichtig was a two-time Division II National Soccer Coaches Association all-Midwest pick, a three-time MIAA first-team selection and was an honorable mention all-conference choice one time. In 1986, he was the conference co-MVP and was a four-time team MVP on offense. Schlichtig was among 60 seniors in 1987 from NCAA Division I, II and II and NAIA schools who competed in the Budwei-ser Soccer Classic. He graduated in 1988 and is a sales representative at DAO Inc., in St. Louis.
Lee Smith (Detroit) entered Truman as a junior and averaged 18.0 points and 13.7 rebounds as a senior on the hardwood. He was named to the all-conference first-team and still ranks second in Bulldog single- season rebounding. After finishing his career at Truman, he continued playing basketball in the Mexican Professional League and in Europe. Later, he played for the Harlem Globe Travelers. Smith is a member of the Detroit Old Timers, a 35-and-older league. He is self-employed in the dry cleaning business.
Rod Staggs (Kirksville), a Bulldog football player, graduated in 1966. In 1967 and '68, Staggs was the head coach at South Shelby High School in Missouri. In 1971, he went to Berkeley High School in St. Louis, where he directed 12 state champions and 26 track and field all-Americas. Staggs was selected by the USA team at the 1996 World Junior Championships to be the men's track and field assistant coach. He was chosen as the men's district track coach of the year 18 times, the Missouri track coach of the year 16 times, Missouri men's sectional track coach of the year 15 times and the St. Louis Suburban East conference coach of the year 24 times. Staggs was also named the 1996 national high school men's track coach of the year and was the Inner-City Black Athletic League male county coach of the year three times. In 1996, he was inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association hall of fame and is in the Missouri Track Hall of Fame as well, the only active track coach to be inducted.
The University has met approximately 73 percent of its goal so far. As the campaign progresses, different agencies that benefit from the United Way will be featured in the Truman Today.
Adair County 4-H CouncilIt is the governing body for eight clubs in Adair County. The major objectives of the Council are to guide, promote and improve the Adair County 4-H program.
Christian Community ClinicThis clinic provides and enables access to health care services needed by the medically underinsured or uninsured and the rural poor in northeast Missouri. It also provides a primary care medical clinic offering free services and limited funding for needed medications and exams.
Girl ScoutsGirl Scouts inspires girls with high ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service, making them happy and resourceful citizens.
The honor society of Phi Kappa Phi will have a fall gathering at 2 p.m. on Oct. 26 in the SUB Alumni Room.
Activities will include a sophomore recognition ceremony, McGee/Korslund Junior Scholarship presentations, student vice president election and Dean Van Galen's address, "Liberal Arts Eduction in an International Setting: Environmental Science in Norway."
Refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Philip Wilson, 785.4624, pwilson@truman.edu.
Our relationship with the themes of chance, hope and destiny change throughout our lives. Our concept of chances will be different at five than it will be at 50. Artist Tammy Ashworth-Guerrero uses object-based metaphors and non-traditional sculptural materials to convey this message.
Ashworth-Guerrero's exhibit will be on display from Oct. 23 to Nov. 22 at the University Art Gallery. An opening reception will take place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
This is Ashworth-Guerrero's first solo exhibition in Missouri. A California native, she has exhibited extensively in the Los Angeles area. She received her M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, Calif.
Noma Blanche Glahn Scholarship-Sophomore-$1,200Brandy Bonnell
Noma Blanche Glahn Scholarship-Junior-$1,200
Mark Grubb, Craig Perrigo, Christopher Wilson
Larry W. and Linda K. Boleach Scholarship-$500
Julie Umscheid
Tony Mitchell Chemistry Scholarship-$1,000
Sana Qalbani
Truman State University was well represented at the National Academic Advising Association convention in Kansas City Oct. 5-8. Faculty and professional advisers gave presentations at the meetings, which are attended by advisers, advising administrators, faculty and staff.
Alanna Preussner with the Division of Language and Literature and Faculty Development, and Mark Weidner, Academic Planning Services, presented "Cutting through Gordian Nots: How to Increase Visibility, Efficiency, and Cooperation in Advising Practice."
Sarah Delaware, assistant professor of nursing, gave a poster presentation on "BSN Nursing Program Advising in a Liberal Arts Setting." Dana Delaware, professor of chemistry, gave a poster presentation on "Advising through a Discipline Freshman Seminar (Chemistry)."
Jeff Romine, associate professor of accounting, and Barb Espe, Lynne Roberts and Marilyn Romine, Business Academic Advising Center, gave a presentation of "Student Recruitment: What Should the Advisor's Role Be?"
Glen Giboney, director of the Small Business Development Center, has completed four days of training on the Strategic Management Assessment Review Tool. Based on the Baldridge National Quality Awards Criteria, this tool allows SBDC staff to do a holistic evaluation of a business.
Gregory Jones, associate professor of music, recently returned from Moscow, Russia, where he was a guest performer and lecturer for the Moscow Trumpet Festival. Jones gave performances in Rachmaninoff Hall at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory, the Glinka Musical Museum, and the Composer's Union Hall and also gave masterclasses at the Conservatory, the Moscow State Wind College, and the Military Conductor's School. He also visited the Truman study abroad program in Moscow and spent time with the director of the program and those students currently enrolled.
Elizabeth Kelly, president of the Truman chapter of Society of Professional Journalists, was elected to SPJ's National Board at the national convention Oct. 3-6 in Denver. Kelly will serve a one-year term as campus representative-at-large. She will represent more than 200 student chapters around the nation.
Huping Ling, associate professor of history, has submitted grant proposals on Chinese American women in Missouri to the American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship and John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Ling also wrote a review essay on Bernard Thomas, Season of High Adventure: Edgar Snow in China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996) and Robert M. Farnsworth, From Vagabond to Journalist: Edgar Snow in Asia, 1928-1941 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1996), which will appear in Missouri Historical Review, January 1998.
David McKamie, associate professor of music, performed a solo piano recital on Oct. 11 sponsored by the Steinway Piano Gallery in St. Louis. The recital was part of the Legendary Steinway Pianos tour. This tour consists of three historic pianos that are presently traveling throughout the country and which were played extensively by legends of the concert stage: Ignace Jan Paderewski, Vladimir Horowitz and Van Cliburn. McKamie's recital was presented on the Horowitz piano, the instrument Horowitz kept in his home and on which he performed and recorded extensively. The Steinway company presented this piano, CD 503, as a wedding gift to him and his wife, Wanda Toscanini, when they were married in 1933.
Patrick Peck, assistant professor of counseling, was notified that his guest editorial titled "The Parenting Role in Counselor Education" was published in the October 1997 issue of Counseling Today.
William Phillips, past physics colloquium speaker who gave a lecture titled "Time, Einstein and the Coldest Stuff in the Universe" on Nov. 19, 1996, has been named a Noble Prize winner.
Joseph Turner, graduate conducting/composition major, has been awarded First Prize in the Collegiate Division of the 1997 Missouri Music Teachers Association Student Composition Competition. Joseph's winning composition, titled "After Angels Rage," will be performed at the 1997 MMTA conference at Central Missouri State University on Nov. 1 by the President's String Quartet of Truman State University. Quartet members are Jennifer Floyd, Julian Ott, Tim Grimes and Kim Harris.
Truman's chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma was recently awarded the National Chapter Excellence Award by Sigma Sigma Sigma national officer Jeannie Johnson. The Chapter Excellence Award recognizes the best chapter in the nation.
The University Clubhouse is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A Faculty Development Workshop, facilitated by Rita Silverman from Pace University, will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 and from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 31 in the SUB Alumni Room. Silverman will give workshops on using case studies in the classroom. The event is free of charge to all faculty and staff.
The student goal for the United Way campaign is $6,000. Please donate through your organizations or donate change in cans throughout campus.
The University Symphony Orchestra presents a concert, at 8 p.m. on Oct. 21 in Baldwin Auditorium. Admission is free. David Nichols, conductor, and soloist Jaqueline Collett, soprano, will perform with the symphony's music of Bizet, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Frescobaldi and Puccini.
A Halloween Open House for faculty, staff and students, will be held from 3 to5 p.m. in the Writing Center, McClain Hall 303. Refreshments will be provided and prizes will be given.
The Career Center announces that Career Expo will be from 1 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 20 throughout the SUB. The theme is "World of Opportunity." Stop by the Career Center for resum‚ tips, interview help and company research help.
SAB announces a concert with Toad the Wet Sprocket on Nov. 1 at Pershing Arena. Tickets are on sale.
The University Career Center will host "Career Break on Student Affairs" at 4 p.m. on Oct. 28 at the UCC. Student Affairs professionals will present a panel of information on graduate schools and internships at Truman and elsewhere.
The Russian Debate Delegation will debate at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the SUB Down Under. The Russian team will debate members of the Truman debate team on the topic "Resolved: Russia should be offered and accept full membership in NATO."
All Catholic faculty and staff and their families are invited to the annual faculty and staff Mass to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 26 at the Catholic Newman Center.
Missouri and Ryle Residential Colleges present Fritz Klein at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 in the Ryle Hall main lounge. Klein travels the country, portraying Abraham Lincoln.
Panhellenic Council will sponsor Operation Pump Can from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 25 on the Quad. This is a canned food drive and sculpture contest to benefit the Salvation Army. Interested organizations collect as many cans as possible and create sculptures representing Halloween. Contact Sheri Borders at 665.3648 for more information.
The Division of Fine Arts presents a faculty piano recital at 8 p.m. on Oct. 27 in Baldwin Auditorium. The program will feature two piano sonatas by Beethoven and the Brahms Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel.
Mediators Assisting Disputants (M.A.D.) is offering confidential mediations, personal or organizational consultations and communication seminars for the Truman community. Call Sara at 785.7322 for information.
Cardinal Key and Blue key in conjunction with FAC present Barbara Dossey, who will speak about holistic nursing for the body, mind and spirit. Topics will include stress management, self empowerment, how to find a job after graduation and how to succeed in the workplace.
Ryle Colleges and Reader's Roundtable will have a bonfire at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 at Red Barn Park. It will be preceded by a jack-o-lantern contest judged by Jim Pauls and followed by an open mic for Halloween poetry and short stories.
Delta Zeta members will trick-or-treat for nonperishable items such as canned goods and paper products such as toilet paper from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31 to benefit Victim Support Services.
Federated Garden clubs of Missouri, Inc., is offering scholarships of up to $3,000 for students majoring in botany, plant genetics and related subjects. For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office, McClain Hall 103.
Campus Christian Fellowship has Sunday morning service every week at 11 a.m. in Kirk Gym.