is the individual who, with great success, guidedthe substantive development of the most diversecollection of departments on campus. And that itis Dr. Richard Welty, dean from 1967 until hisretirement in 1991, who should be praised for thestrength of the College of Arts and Sciencestoday.

With 14 very unique departments to oversee,the Dean of Arts and Sciences faces manychallenges. Those are challenges Dr. Orville Brill,the current dean, has become very familiar withsince Welty's retirement.

"My understanding of what Dr. Welty has donefor the university and the college has increasedtremendously since I first served as associate dean

(see Welty, pg. 2)

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Astronomical Antique-PSU Instructor Restoring a Glass from the Pastby Andy Ostenneyer,Joplin Globe Staff Writer

The silvery steel slit atop RussHall opens like a giant eye, gazi.ngheavenward.

To this eye, the belts and zones ofJupiter are visible. So is the'redstorm on its surface - an average of480 million miles from the sun.Saturn, the last of the planets visibleto the unaided human eye, is almosttwice as far, but the eye on the RussHall does not miss its most distinc­tive features.

"The rings on Saturn are quitevisible," says David Kuehn, anassistant profes or of physics at Pittsburg State University who is restoring the university's lO-inchrefractor telescope.

Even Neptune, whose average distance is 2.8 billion miles from the center o(the solar system, can berendered a disk, rather than a point of light.

Pluto, however, may not be visible. Kuehn won't know until the restoration is complete."It's right on the edge," he says.But what does one expect from a telescope that was handmade four years before Pluto was discovered?

It was built on the orders of a university mathematician, before PSU even had a physics department."It was built back in the great age of refractors," says the 27 -year-old Kuehn.The telescope is actually a descendant of the type used by Galileo. Light enters the 10-inch objective

lenses that are pointed toward the sky. Those lenses shoot the light toward the eyepiece where theenlarged image appears. Magnification is the result of the focal length, in this case 150 inches, divided bythe ize of the eyepiece. If the eyepiece is I-inch, the magnification is 150. A two-inch eyepiece offers amagnification of 75, but a bigger field of view. Kuehn has four different eyepieces for the telescope.

In the 65 years since it was first used, the telescope has slowly deteriorated.It was like finding a Model T in someone's garage with tarps over it and four flat tires."The optics were OK," Kuehn says, "they were just lacking alignment." That made round objects

(see Telescope, pg. 5)

Welty Provides 24 Years of Leadership to Arts and SciencesMention the name Richard Welty to an

alumnus or faculty member who studied ortaught in the Pittsburg State University Collegeof Arts and Sciences during the last 38 years, andyou would probably elicit a wide range ofreactions.

You might get a chuckle from a facultymember who remembered Dr. Welty's sense ofhumor. A department chair might tell of Dr.Welty's high expectations of administrators. Agraduate might indicate that Dr. Welty was anindividual whom students respected.

Regardless of initial reactions, most peoplewho worked with Dr. Welty during his 38 yearsas a member of the Pittsburg State Universityfaculty and administration, would agree that he

Dr. Orville Brill is the Dean of the College ofArts and Sciences. He earned an associate of artsdegree from Mis ouri Southern State College in1957, and a bachelor of arts in 1959, a master's in1961 and a Ph.D. in 1967, all from the University ofMissouri, Columbia. He joined the Pittsburg Statefaculty in 1965 as an assistant professor in physics.He wa named a full professor in 1971 and hasserved as Chairman of the Physics Departmentsince 1983. He became Associate Dean of theCollege of Arts and Sciences in 1989. Dr. Brill andhis wife, Elizabeth, have three grown children andlive in Pittsburg.

Welty (from pg. 1)

and then became dean. This universityand the faculty of the College of Artsand Sciences are really indebted to Dr.Welty for his years of service anddedication," Dr. Brill said.

It was during Welty's 24-year tenureas dean that the School of Arts ofSciences became a college.

Dr. Welty aid the Board of Regentsrecognized the expanding role of artsand ciences when it "changed thename of our unit from 'School' to'College'. Those of us in the collegefelt that this change gave us recogni­tion both on the campus and in thestate that was in keeping with ourstatus."

During his tenure as dean, thecollege maintained and increased thenumber of departments or programsaccredited.

"Subject matter, majors andconcentrations are significantlystronger than they were twenty yearsago. This is largely due to the coopera­tive efforts of faculty and chairpersonsin the College," Dr. Welty said.

The College of Arts and Scienceshas traditionally been responsible formuch of the general education programof the university.

"Throughout the period I served asdean, there were several major revi­sions of this program and I believe thecurrent program is stronger than any ofits predecessors," Dr. Welty said.

He credits the strength of thecurrent general education program tothe work of many faculty across thecampus.

During Welty's tenure, the Depart­ment of Nursing was established andthe speech and theatre departmentswere re-organized into the Departmentof Communication. Several otherdepartments were renamed and/orreorganized.

Three academic buildings for artsand sciences departme~ts werecon tructed during Welty's tenure:Grubbs, which houses the Departmentsof English, Communication andForeign Languages; McPherson,designed specifically for the Depart­ment of Nursing; and Heckert Wells,constructed for the Department of

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Chemistryand theDepartmentof Biology.Once theAxe Librarywas com­pleted, PorterHall wasrenovated forthe Depart­ment of Art. Welty

While bricks and mortar areimpressive to the outside world, Weltysaid it is the faculty who have providedthe real strength of the college.

"The College of Arts and Scienceshas been blessed with a strong, profes­sional and dedicated faculty. Duringthe period of my tenure, we were ableto significantly increase the percentageof our faculty holding terminal degrees.We were also able to signficantlyincrease scholarly activity of thefaculty, especially in research andpublication. Maintaining this strongfaculty has remained a major priority,"Welty said.

Welty's contributions to theuniversity and community, however,extended beyond his role as dean.

Dr. Welty first joined the PSUfaculty in 1953 a an assistant professorin the Department of Social Science.He served as chairman of the depart­ment from 1961 until his appointmentas dean in 1967.

He was a member of the thenKansas State College Athletic Counciland served two terms as presidentof the Central IntercollegiateConference.

He was co-chairman of the KSC

chapter of the National Center forEducation in Politics and was amember of the executive committee ofthe Kansas Center for Education inPolitics. In the late 1960s, he served asa consultant to the Kansas Governor'sCommission for the Economic Devel­opment of Southeast Kansas.

He was active in numerous profes­sional honor societies and served invarious capacities on campus commit­tees as well.

With his wide array of responsibili­ties and association with groups on andoff campus, Welty said it was hisinvolvement with students that wasmost rewarding.

"The most rewarding part of mytenure was the opportunity to observethe development of students enrolledin the college. Over the years, theirincrea ed performance could be clearlydemonstrated by steadily improvedACT scores, higher grade pointaverages, stronger honorary societies,stronger honors programs, betterretention of outstanding students, andincreased number of and diversity ofminority students," he said.

Any accomplishments in theCollege of Arts and Sciences during histenure, Welty said, were the result ofjoint efforts by all persons associatedwith the college.

But as Dr. Brill points out, it took astrong individual to pull together thedivergent interests and concerns of thecollege and keep everyone moving inthe same direction.

And that was something Dr. Weltydid with great skill during his longtenure at Pittsburg State Univer ity.

Ronnie Beach

Barry Martins

Dr. Richard Briggs

Margaret Ann Gray

Dr. Kenneth Peak

Outstanding Young AlumniPittsburg State University honored eight

graduates as Outstanding Young Alumni for 1991at the Homecoming ceremonies on Saturday,October 19. Among the eight graduates, fourgradu~ted from the Arts ana Sciences curriculum.

Ronnie Beach is from Kansas City and earnedth~ee degrees from PSU: a bachelor of arts degreein social science in 1973, a master of sciencedegree in psychology in 1975, and a specialist ineducation degree in school psychology 1981.Since 1982, he has been the general manager ofK.W. Brock Directories, Inc. in Pittsburg.

Dr. Richard Briggs is from Gainesville,Florida, and earned an associate of arts degree inchemistry from Allen County CommunityCollege in 1971, a bachelor of science degree inchemistry from PSU in 1973, and a Ph.D. inphysical chemistry from the University ofArkansas in 1978. Since 1987, he has been anassociate professor of radiology in the Depart­ment of Radiology at the University of Florida.

Margaret Ann Gray, Brookline, Massachu­setts, earned a bachelor of science in education(English) from PSU in 1972, and a master's inbusiness administration from Wichita State in1981. Gray is in charge of training and develop­ment of 7,000 non-faculty employees at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.

Barry Martins from Grosse Pointe Park,Michigan, earned a bachelor of science ineducation (history) from PSU in 1971. Heearned a master's degree in public administrationfrom the University of Tennessee in 1972. Since1990, he has served as President and ChiefExecutive Officer of SelectCare, Inc. in Detroit. •

Dr. Kenneth Peak from Sparks, Nevada,earned a bachelor of science degree and a masterof science degree, both in sociology from PSU in1973, and a Ph.D. in educational administrationfrom the Univer­sity of Kansas in1983. Since 1983,Dr. Peak has beenthe chairman andassociate professorin the Departmentof CriminalJustice at theUniversity ofNevada, Reno.

Greetings to the friends and alumniof the College of Arts and Sciences!There is a certain air of excitement andpurpose as we prepare our very firstissue of Universitas, the newsletter ofthe College of Arts and Sciences.Through this medium, we plan to keepyou informed about the people andprograms in the arts and sciences atPittsburg State University. We wantto share with you the activities andsuccess of our students, the achieve­ments of our outstanding faculty, andthe contributions the college is makingto the quality of life of human beingsthroughout the world. We want this tobe your newsletter, and we earnestlysolicit news from you that we can sharewith your fellow readers.

Although each of the 14 depart­ments in the College of Arts andSciences offers one or more programsthat prepare students for employment,we believe that our students must beeducated in a broader sense. Theymust be prepared for careers that havenot yet been discovered, and forchallenges and opportunities thatpresently seem beyond our grasp. Inthe midst of an imminent worldwidepopulation explosion, tremendoussocial and economic pressures that maytest our institutions and forms ofgovernment worldwide, technologicaladvances that offer unprecedentedchoices i 1 such areas as geneticengineer, 19 and the termination ormainter mce of life, and environmen­tal, man-made disasters that threateneven the existence of life, we believethe arts and sciences are more vitalthan ever to the welfare of humankind.The cultivation of the intellect and thespirit that is promoted by the arts andsciences is essential if our students areto be prepared for the kind of criticalthinking, problem solving and moraland ethical decision making necessaryto confront the issues of the the future.

In this and subsequent issues ofUniversitas, we intend to keep youinformed of our progress toward the eand other objectives, as well as withother newsworthy items. Please let ushear from you!

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Writing Intensive ClassesInspire Creative Assignments

As long as there have been students, !I~~~!J~~P:r~~~~1Ithere has been graffiti on desks andchairs. Dale Frihart, Chairman of theDepartment of Social Science, sees thisurge by students to leave a permanentrecord of their attendance in a some­what different light than most instruc­tors. Frihart incorporates the armchairart into his Introduction to Anthropol­ogy class and asks his students to studyand interpret the graffiti left by th~ir

predecessors.Frihart said that the graffiti assign­

ment is an old one, going back perh"ps 25 years. Still, the assignment is popularwith the students and fits in well with both the study of anthropology and thewriting intensive nature of the class. Introduction to Anthropology is one of 35writing intensive class sections now offered on campus as part of PSU's WritingAcross the Curriculum Program.

"Writing," Frihart said, "is just like rehearsing anything. The more of it you do,the better you'll do it."

Frihart said that he doesn't like giving writing assignments just for the sake ofwriting. The graffiti assignment is one example, he said, of combining anthropol­ogy with writing.

The student response to these kinds of assignments has been very positive,Frihart said. In fact, students seem eager to get into the limited number of seatsavailable in writing intensive classes, and because the classes are limited to about35 students, there are not always enough seats available to meet demand.

Kathleen DeGrave, Writing Across the Curriculum director and member of theEnglish Department faculty, said that students like the classes "because they aresmall and students get individual attention from the teachers. They also like thedifferent kinds of things they get to do."

Writing Across the Curriculum was begun at PSU in the spring of 1990 withnine sections. The purpose of the program is to provide students with the opportu­nity to practice more writing during their freshman and sophomore years and tostimulate creative and critical thinking.

The effectiveness of the program i not easy to assess, according to DeGrave. Itis obviously popular with students, and feedback from faculty involved has beenpositive. Faculty members report increased interaction between students andteachers and better class attendance in intensive writing courses. Even those whoare not teaching writing intensive classes are using techniques borrowed from theWriting Across the Curriculum program, DeGrave said.

The spring sophomore assessment exams will give some indication aboutwhether the program is helping improve the students' writing skills, DeGrave said.Those tests, however, can not measure any effects the intensive writing programmay be having on the participants' thinking skills.

The future of the Writing Across the Curriculum program is tied closely tofunding, DeGrave said, and unless additional resources can be found, the programwill probably remain at about 35 sections. Intensive writing requires limiting classsize, DeGrave said, meaning that classes which formerly enrolled 100-plus studentshave to be divided among at least three instructors.

Although the number of intensive writing class sections may remain the same,DeGrave said, the impact of the program is spreading.

The intensive writing classes "can influence others to use writing intensive ideasin their own classes," DeGrave said.

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From the EditorGreetings! It is certainly my

privilege to serve as editor of"Universitas,"the newsletterfor alumni ofthe College ofArts andSciences."Universitas"is a Latinword meaningcommunity.

It ha beenmy pleasure towork withmany individuals who have made thisnewsletter possible. Dr. Joseph G.Smoot, Vice President for Develop­ment and Public Relations, providedthe funding and incentive for gettingthis publication started. Dr. OrvilleBrill, Dean of the College of Arts andSciences, provided the administrativeleadership. Ellen Carter, Director ofPublic Relations, Diane Hutchison,Publications Director, and MalcolmT umer, University Photographer, werealso instrumental in publishing thisfirst issue.

I would especially like to thank allthe department chairs for their help ingathering the departmental news andDr. Stephen Meats, Chair of theDepartment of English, who assistedwith editing the newsletter.

The purpose of this newsletter is tokeep you informed of what is happen­ing at your alma ~ater. This i our firstissue. While budget limitations willallow us to print only one issue thisacademic year, we hope to increase toat least two issues annually. Please feelfree to drop me a note regarding thenewsletter or your latest accomplish­ments. I look forward to hearing fromyou.

Jo-Ann Marrs, Universitas EditorChair, Department of Nursing

Art DepartmentChairman, Harry Krug

The third floor of Porter Hall will berenovated beginning in January, and theremodeling should be complete by fall of1992. Jewelry design has also been added asa component of the art curriculum.

FacultyAlex Barde, Associate Professor:

Received the 1991 Mid-America ArtsAlliance National Endowment for the ArtsRegional Fellowship Award of $5,000 inPhotography.

Sandra Belfield, Assistant Professor:Attended the College Art AssociationNational Convention in Washington,D.C., and presented a paper, "A MusicalParting of a Pair of Novel Modes, Hogarthand Fielding" and also at the WesternSociety of 18th Century Studies at SanDiego State University, San Diego, Calif.

Departmental NewsHarry Krug, Chairperson: Judicated the

artworks at the 16th Annual Juried ArtExhibition of Dodge City Area ArtsCouncil, Dodge City, Kan.

Malcolm Kucharski, Assistant Professor:Received Cash Award for Clay Vessels inMOAK Regional Juried Crafts Exhibition,Springfield, Mo. Tea Pot from the MOAKCrafts Exhibition has been presented to thePermanent Collection of the SpringfieldArt Museum. He also showed artwork inthe three-person invitational exhibit,"Expressions in Clay," Cottey College,Nevada, Mo.

Larrie Moody, Assistant Professor:Presented two research papers at theNational Art Education AssociationConference in Atlanta, Ga. She has alsohad two articles published; one in the 1991issue of Visual Arts Research and one inthe 1991 issue of the Journal of the KansasArt Education Association. In addition,

she participated as a member in twoNational Art Education Associationaffiliate groups, the Caucus on SocialTheory in Art Education and the UnitedStates Society for Education Through Art.

Robert Russell, Professor: Recentlycompleted his sabbatical leave study asartist-in-residence at Hanover College,Hanover, Ind. Additionally, Mr. Russellhas had exhibitions of his work atKauffman Gallery, Houston, Texas, and aone-person exhibit at Hanover College,Hanover, Ind. His work has been publishedin the fall 1991 Assemblage magazinepublished by the Kansas City Art Institute.

Marjorie Schick, Professor: Returnedfrom sabbatical leave study as artist-in­residence (spring 1991) at both MiddlesexPolytechnic and the Sir John Cass Schoolof Art, City of London Polytechnic inLondon, England. She was also a memberof a faculty exchange and presented twoworkshops in Bangkok, Thailand. Herartwork will be pictured in a new bookentitled International Crafts by Thamesand Hudson Publishers.

Telescope (from pg. 1)

appear oblong, an optical aberration called coma. There was also color distortion,known as chromatic aberration.

He has removed the optics while cleaning and sanding the rolled iron telescope.He is polishing the finder scope and other brass pieces. The setting circles, used toposition the telescope, need refinishing and alignment. "It's labor intensive," saysKuehn, who began restoring the telescope in May.

The most laborious chore of all may be reaching the telescope - 100 steps abovethe Earth. Kuehn has counted everyone of the them.

When construction of the telescope and domed observatory were completed in1926, PSU professors offered public showings. Spectators would sit on benches onthe roof f the building waiting for a chance to see the red spot, or the rings, or thecraters of the moon.

The telescope's heyday passed many years ago, although it was still used by a fewclasses. Kuehn, a graduate of Memorial High School in Joplin, first saw it when heattended PSU for his undergraduate degree.

He returned to the university last year to teach, after receiving his doctorate inastronomy from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. It was after hereturned that he got the idea of restoring the antique telescope.

The telescope is not the type used by scientists today for deep-space observation."It's not a scientific-grade research instrument," Kuehn says. "Most of the

science that can be done with this specific telescope has already been done."But a good refractor still provides a crisp high-contrast look at the planets, their

moons, globular clusters, binary stars and more.Kuehn says he hopes that by taking his students on a journey through the solar

system, he will heighten their interest in astronomy. When completed next spring,he also wants to open it to the public for occasional showings.

"This really looks like a telescope and can really interest the public," he says."Whoever wants to climb the 100 steps."

(This article is reprinted with permissionfrom the "The Joplin Globe," Joplin, Mo.)

Biology DepartmentChairman, Dr. Jim Triplett

One of the most significant changes inthe department has been the retirement ofLorine Blessant, the department secretary,who after 33 years of service, decided toretire in October of 1989. Patty Searsreplaced Mrs. Blessant but has returned toTraffic and Security and Christie Hallacyfrom the Business Office has accepted thesecretarial position. Welcome to Christie!

Student enrollment increased this yearwith over 290 students enrolled; under­graduate and graduate combined. Dr. ChetTwitchell's pre-professional areas haveover fifty incoming freshmen andDr. Bettie Duncan's pre-physical therapyprogram continues to grow as well. Thereis a new major emphasis in EnvironmentalManagement and Natural History.

Progress at the Monahan NaturalEducation Center has focused on trying toget a road completed. The barn is nowabout 95% complete and attention willsoon be turned to completion of thepavilion.

FacultyDr. Stephen Timme, Dr. James

Triplett, and Dr. Ralph Kelting went tothe Rain Forest of the Amazon in Peru for aweek as part of a Tropical Field Biologycourse. For six days they observed the great

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diversity of plants and animals such aslianas, epiphytes, plant buttresses, birds,monkeys, piranhas, bats, frogs, etc. Theyare planning another trip in 1992-won't youjoin them?

Dr. Joseph Arruda, either alone or withthe help of Dr. Triplett, has obtained over$160,000 in outside grants in the past threeyears. Congratulations! Most of the grantdollars have been used to fund graduateresearch. Dr. Dean Bishop's graduatestudents are working on different aspects ofrecombinant DNA and Dr. Steven Ford'sgraduate students are working on thedevelopment of an infrared bat count rwhich will allow the counting of thefederally endangered gray bats. Dr. Jam,'sDawson's students are working on theisozymes of Dysmorphococcus and on atissue culture of Nepenthes. Dr. LeonDinkins has been analyzing and writing theresults of the five-year predaceous insects inpecan project.

Cindy Ford with the assistance of ChrisPistole has taken on the directorship ofNature Reach, which is the combination oftwo prior outreach programs, NatureQuestand Raptor Reach. About 12,000 peoplehave come in contact with these programswhich strive to spread the natural history,stewardship of the land, and conservationof natural resources message throughoutsoutheast Kansas.

Dr. John McCrone engaged in a naturequest of his own in July 1991 by visitingeleven universities and National Parks inTaiwan and Thailand.

Dr. Harvard Riches continues to serveas the treasurer for the Kansas Associationof Teachers of Science and with hisstudents p~esented a program at the annualmeeting at Rock Springs Ranch.

AlumniMany of the graduates from this

department have gone on to careers asphysicians. These include:Dr. Neal Fisher ('81) anesthesiologist

at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas;Dr. Mark Dellasega (' 71) in

Greenville, N.C.;Dr. Richard Watson ('81) located

in Andover, Kan.;Dr. Lloyd Willson ('70) veterinarian

in South Central, Minn.;Dr. Charles Cantrell ('80) enior anesthesi­

ology resident in Mt. Clemens, Mich.;Dr. Mary Jaeger Campbell ('84)

Wichita, Kan.;Dr. Jack Burnett ('36) semi-retired

pathologist, Paradise Valley, Ariz.;

Departmental NewsDr. Joy Welsh ('80) Palm Desert, Calif.;Dr. Debra Willsie (1986) child adolescent

psychiatrist, Overland Park, Kan.Dr. Michael Taylor ('69) Alton, 1ll.;Dr. Lyle Noordhoek ('79) Hays, Kan.;Dr. John Shetlar ('85) Colorado Springs,

Colo.; .Dr. Jane Pennington ('75) Kansas City, Mo;Dr. Donald Cooper ('49) Stillwater, Okla.

Other areas of employment:Jeffrey Roith ('85) office manager of

Magin Mfg. Co., Overland Park, Kan.;Annette Monsour Anderson ('84) medical

data quality analyst, Overland Park, Kan;J.R. Zettl ('64) program manager Colorado

Department of Health;Betty Burlington (' 73) professor of

microbiology East Carolina UniversitySchool of Medicine, Greenville, S.c.;

LeeRoy Pitts ('67) college biology teacher,Kansas City, Kan.;

Barbara Marsh (' 74) science chairpersonLourdes High School in Chicago;

Michael Judah ('68) U.S. Army DentalCorps, Ft. Sill, Okla.;

Kimo Stine ('78) assistant professor ofpediatrics Tulane University, Kenner, La.;

Dan Spangler ('77) quality control manager,San German, Puerto Rico;

Brent Crandon ('85) optometrist,Lawrence, Kan.;

Rod Springer ('75) self-employed cropconsultant, Monte Vista, Colo.;

Donald Wimmer ('82) land surveytechnician, Marion, Ind.;

Jeane Anderson ('41) retired teacher,Jacksonville, Ala.;

Michael Williams ('77) Sen. Vice Pres.,House Hold Bank, Bloomingdale, Ill.;

Sandee Curran ('84) homemaker/teacher;Mike Lawson ('75) biology teacher, Carl

Junction High School, Joplin, Mo.;Jerry Christian ('71) teacher,

Anderson, Mo.;Cheryl Sublett ('84) quality assurance

specialist, Lawrence, Kan.;Lynda Beyer (1980) medical technologist,

Baxter Springs, Kan.;D. Paul Bogardus (1969) teacher,

Chagrin Falls, Ohio;Steven Payne (1977) dentist,

Fort Scott, Kan.;Mabel Bottenfield (1933) deceased;Jill Gaskell (1980) forest service,

Mt. Horeb, Wise.

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Departmental Newsthe Ferris Associated Student Government in1988 and recipient of the TeachingExcellence Award at Ferris in 1990. He alsoholds many other awards such as a jointresolution of commendation from the twohouses of the Michigan legislature.

Janice Sch.uetz ('70) is editor of theJournal of Communication and Religion.

Charles McGeever ('67) has beenelected chair of his department at ShepherdCollege in West Virginia.Those completing doctorates include:

Dr. Kella Simonin ('69) drama therapyUniversity of Honolulu;

Beth Lamoureux ('74) doctoral teachingassistant, University of Kansas;

Rob Gobetz ('80) third year doctoralstudy University of Oklahoma;

Brian Phillips ('89) student NationalChengshi University in Taiwan; and

Yung Yi Tang ('90) doctoral studentUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison.

Those alumni who are now practicingministers include:

Loren Anderson-Bauer ('75) LeRoy,Minn., and David Murray ('82) Topeka, Kan.

David Froman ('70) a Hollywood actor,returned to Miami, Okla. last summer to actwith his children in a special observance ofan anniversary of a Miami theatre.

Plan a fall visit to Pittsburg to seethe NCAA Division II FootballChampions compete. Come theweekend of Oct. 10 and you canparticipate ill all the other funhomecoming activities as well.

The Gorillas ..NCAA Division II

National FootballChampions

Friday evening- Plan to attend theall-university dinner for alumni, facultyand staff.

Saturday- The activities start early!• Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Famebreakfast at 7 a.m.

•Homecoming parade at 9:30 a.m.,downtown Pittsburg.

After the alumni luncheon featuring that famous southeast Kansas friedchicken, you'll want to head to the stadium for the pre-game show begin­ning at 1:30 p.m. with the kickoff at 2 p.m. The fall issue of the "Report,"the PSU Alumni newsletter, will contain more details or call the WilkinsonAlumni Center, 316/235-4758.

vs.Northeast Missouri

State University

HomecomingOct. 10, 1992

AlumniKarolyn Yocum ('66) a faculty member

at Missouri outhern State University, wasrecently awarded the Loren Reid Award forservice to the Speech and TheaterAssociation of Missouri.

Dr. Laura Meeks ('71) i the newpresident of Fort Scott CommunityCollege.

Doug"tas Freman ('72) speech communi­cation faculty member at Valdosta StateCollege died from complications ofdiabetes.

Steve Taylor ('72) is a communicationconsultant with ABGI in Bethay, Okla.

Mari Tonn ('82) is assistant professor atthe University of New Hampshire.

Gary Horn ('68) received the E.R.Nichols Award, an engraved plaque, asforensic educator of the year for Pi KappaDelta, national forensics organization, atthe annual convention of the SpeechCommunication Association in Atlanta,Georgia. As Director of Forensic activitiesat Ferris State University in Big Rapids,Michigan, he was honored in August withthe Ferris State Distinqui hed TeacherAward and the Michigan Association ofGoverning Boards of Colleges andUniversities designation as a distinquishedfaculty member. Previously, Horn had beennamed Outstanding Teacher of the Year by

Chemistry DepartmentChairman, Dr. Clarence Pfluger

Last summer Dr. Peter Hamlet ofchemistry and Drs. Arruda and Riches ofbiology each supervised 12 seventh andeighth grade students doing research as partof the STARS (Student Training Academyfor Research in Science) program atPittsburg State. This program is funded bya $125,000 grant awarded to Dr. Hamlet bythe National Science Foundation. Dr.Hamlet's tudents made measurements thatsolved a problem in basic chemistry andthey presented the results at the MidwestRegional Meeting of the AmericanChemical Society in Omaha, Neb.

CommunicationDepartmentChairman, Dr. Peter Hamilton

Dr. Cary Clasz was re ponsible for theproduction of "Split Ends" an original playwhich dealt with the subject of date rapeand was based upon the true life experi­ences of three girls attending CarletonCollege in Minnesota.

Jerry Miller presented a paper on"Storytelling: The Original Narrative" atCommunication Association Conventionin Atlanta.

Dr. Shirley McConnell presented apaper entitled "Nurses Talk About TheirPatients: Telling Stories About Good andBad Patients" at a Speech CommunicationAssociation Meeting in Atlanta.

Dr. Thimios Zaharopoulos presentedthe following papers at the Popular CultureAssociation Convention: "Public RelationsPractice in Greece" and" The Greek Press'View of President Bush's Visit to Greece".

Barry Bengsten directed "The BoysNext Door" a play about the lives of fourretarded men who live with an increasinglydespairing social worker named Jack.

John Green is completing doctoralresearch on one of Italy's leading theatricalinnovators, Alessandro Fersen. Green hascompleted an essay for a forthcoming bookon Fersten's life and work to be publishedby the University of Bologna. In January,Green has been invited to Rome to workwith Fersen on a new project and has beenasked to present a paper on Fersen's work atan international conference on theatre inWale next April. He has directed "Sundayin the Park with George", "The Taffetas",and will direct "Macbeth" in the spring.Green is the arts editor for KRPS radio atPittsburg tate University.

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English DepartmentChairman, Dr. Stephen Meats

The English Department lost a dearfriend and a valued colleague and instructorin Dr. Nita Laing on Christmas Eve of1990.

Laing will be remembered for her"concern, compassion, grace, courage,wisdom, humor, humility" said Dr. Meats.

Beginning with the fall semester of 1991,the Composition Program introduced a newcourse: English 299 Introduction toResearch Writing. The course serves as the"capstone" for the combined Compositionand Writing Intensive programs.

Teachers and students seem pleasedwith the Writing Intensive program. Thisprogram provides students with theopportunity to practice constant writing intheir freshman and sophomore years.

FacultyDr. Stephen Teller's spring semester

sabbatical involved an indepth study of Ozin Britain and a personal survey of trends inthe production of Shakespeare's plays in theUnited Kingdom.

Dr. Kathy DeGrave is working on anarticle on Fannie Hurst's autobiographythat has been accepted fot inclusion in ananthology of critical essays on FannieHurst.

Dr. Lyle Morgan has published twobooks entitled "Treating Sports Injuries theNatural Way," by Thorsons/Harper Collins,and "Tratamiento Homeopathico De LasLesiones Deportivas," by EditorialPaidotribo. Two more books are forthcom­ing.

Dr. Kathleen Nichols had two articlespublshed on early American womendramatists.

Dr. Carolyn O'Hearn is doing researchto put together an anthology of writings onthe dyslexic student.

Dr. Stephen Meats had a book of poetry"Looking for the Pale Eagle" accepted forpublication by the Woodley Press ofTopeka.

Jo McDougall had two articles pub­lished and a book of poetry entitled "TownsFacing Railroads."

Dr. Joanna Freeman published twoarticles, one of which was entitled"Children's Right to Know" .

Dr. Walter Shear has published twoarticles and presented two papers one ofwhich was on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pitand the Pendulum".

Departmental NewsAlumniThe following individuals have retired:Orrie Kellogg ('29) from Neodesha;Florence Misner ('34) Topeka;Lola Stewart-Thomas('36) Tacoma, Wash.;Wilma Perry ('42) Joplin, Mo; andRuth Woolman ('66) Pittsburg, Kan.Gene Schmidt ('6'7) owns Dormois

Productions and lives in Leawood, Kan.

Teaching are:Virgil Albertini ('53) at Northwest

Missouri State University;Linda O'Sullivan ('78) Deerfield

High School;Olive Sullivan ('82) Community College

of Aurora, Colo.;Jae-Kyung Koh ('88) Baewha Women's

Junior College, Seoul, Korea;Anne Dawson ('89) Wentworth

Military Academy;Wayne Severtson is Superintendent of

Schools at Laurel, Mont.Owning their own businesses are:Gene Schmidt ('67) Dormoise Productions;Linda Teeter ('73) Teeter Insurance-

Farmer's Insurance;Regina Hinkle ('84) used book store.

Foreign LanguageDepartmentChairman, Dr. Paul Smith

Dr. Carol MacKay participated in asix-week NEH institute at Duke Univer­sity. The institute focused on works by thesixteenth century French Renaissancewriters Francois Rabelais and Margueritede Navarre. She also served as president ofthe Kansas Chapter of the AmericanAssociation of Teachers of French.

Dr. Bert Patrick wa elected presidentof the Kansas chapter of the AmericanAssociation of Teachers of Spanish andPortuguese.

Dr. Paul Smith participated in aNational Endowment for the HumanitiesSummer Institute which was held inMexico City and Oaxaca. The topic was"Sixteenth-Century Mexico: TheEncounter of Cultures". Prof. Smith alsodirected a Kansas Committee for theHumanities Summer Seminar for school­teachers. From these experiences hepublished an article entitled "Traditionand Experimentation: Mexico CityTheatre" in the Latin American TheatreReview, and he was selected to participatein the KCH Speakers Bureau.

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History DepartmentChairman, Dr. Thomas Walther

The faculty of the department of historyhas taught 39 different courses since fall of1988. Since the Department was createdthe faculty .ha published seven books(including two by Dudley Cornish)'; morethan 125 scholarly articles; over 200reviews 'of books or computer simulations.They have made more than 160 presenta­tions at scholarly meeting. In other wordsthe department has been very busy!

FacultyDr. Martin Campion has published a

game "Medieval Lords: Power Politics inthe Middle Ages" and has other historicalsimulations in progress. He will be onsabbatical leave in the spring to re earchthe U.S. Civil War battle sites.

Dr. Surendra Gupta led a PSU­sponsored tour to China and presented apaper at the XII World Conference of theWorld Future Studies Federation,Barcelona, Spain.

William Hollenbeck presented a "AVietnam Comparison" on a round tablediscussion of the Gulf War at the KansasHistory Teachers Association.

Dr. Fred Misse published an article in"The Practice of History and SocialScience." He also presented a paper at theKansas History Teachers Associationmeeting.

Dr. Robert Ratzlaff continues to teachin the department.

Dr. T.R. Ravindranathan gave lecturesin Germany and presented a paper at the LaChaux-de-Fonds Conference in Switzer­land. He also presented a paper at the 33rdAnnual Conference of the Western SocialScience Association.

Dr. James Schick has published a book,"Teaching History with a Computer: AComplete Guide," and was on sabbaticalleave in the spring. He d'd research inGreat Britain and the continent. He alsovisited Thailand as an envoy of PSU.

Judith Shaw presented "The HistoricalBackground" on a round table discussion ofthe Gulf War at the Kansas HistoryTeachers Association Meeting. She alsopresented a paper at the Mid-AmericaHistory Conference.

Dr. Thomas Walther did research inEngland and Wales in the summer andserves on the board of editors for "TheMidwest Quarterly."

Kathleen Wilson is a doctoral candidateat the University of Arkansas. She also

presented a paper at the Kansas HistoryTeachers Association meeting.

AlumniNorman Conard was selected the

"Outstanding Teacher" in Kansas for 199 I.Beverly Denny (University of Arkan­

sas), Kelly Woestman (University of NorthTexas) and Virginia Laas (University ofArkansas) are doctoral candidates.

Completing their master's thesis wereCaroline Ellis and Raymond Screws.Connie Slaughter completed her master'sin history and is employed by the NationalPark Service in Omaha, Neb.

Barry K. Martins was named as one ofPSU's Outstanding Young Alumni.

Home EconomicsChairman, Sue Hippensteel

This year there were 60 majors in thedepartment and the Food and Nutritionoption has been replaced with an option inHospitality Services. When this program iswell established, an internship programwith various hotels and restaurants will beimplemented.

Chandler Hall is getting a face lift. It allstarted with a new roof. The halls werepainted a beautiful linen with burnt sugartrim which makes the mosaic tile look richas you enter the building.

Future plans include installing new tilesand countertops in the Foods Lab. Theliving room is the next big project on thelist.

FacultySue Unger is President Elect of District

J Home Economics Association. She alsopresided over the Art and Design Session atthe American Home Economics Associa­tion Meeting in Minnesota.

She ha been appointed by the KansasAttorney General to serve on the Con­sumer Protection Advisory Council.

AlumniCarlene Hardwick Mikel ('61) Oswego

is a lecturer, editor, and publisher for areanursing homes and hospitals.

Linda Van Cleave Foreman ('64) is thechief dietician for Parsons State Hospital,Kan.

Marci Mott Stevens ('82) is the ownerand director of Stevens Child DevelopmentCenter in Pratt, Kan.

Lois O'Malley Carlson ('64) receivedthe Continued Excellence Award from the

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National Association of Extension HomeEconomics.

Lori Carpino ('86) is the nutritionistwith the WIC program in CherokeeCounty, Kan.

Julie Dainty ('89) is teaching at theTowanda Kansas High School.

Amy Price Bass ('76) has been namedDirector of Public Information for EmpireDistrict Electric Company in Joplin.

Mathematic DepartmentChairman, Dr. Elwyn DavisFaculty

Dr. Bob Winters had a paper acceptedfor publication in the Joumal of Topologyentitled "Properly Homotropic NontrivialPlane.s are Parallel" and he is pursuingongoing research in the area of topology ofthree-manifolds.

Dr. Elwyn Davis has recently com­pleted a period of consultation with thereservoir engineering department. Hiswork was in the area of solution of largesparse linear systems.

Dr. Gary McGrath has been involvedin a study in the history of mathematics andhe gave a talk at the national meeting ofthe Mathematical Association of Americaentitled "A Three-pronged Approach toTeaching the History of Mathematics".

Departmental NewsAlumni

There are several recent graduatespursuing Ph.D. or Ed.D degrees in math­ematics:Cynthia Huffman at the University of

New Mexico;Jon Beal and Tim Flood at Oklahoma

State University;B.ryan Dawson at North Texas State

University;Debbie Moore at the University of Okla.;Howard Thompson at Northern Colo.;Patrick Robertson University of Kansas;Shin Min Lin completed his Ph.D. at

Kansas State University in 1991.Hazel Coltharp completed her EdD. at

the University of Missouri.

Military ScienceChairman, Colonel Charles West

The departments of nursing and militaryscience joined to sponsor a three hourpresentation on the nursing and militaryscience programs at Pittsburg StateUniversity.

The Military Science Department'sRanger Challenge team competed at theBrigade Competition hosted by CameronUniversity at Fort Sill, Okla. RangerChallenge is an event where colleges anduniversities across the United Statescompete in a series of physically and

mentally demanding military skill events.The team finished tenth just behind the

Univer ity of Kansas.Major Dawson returns to PSU's

Department of Military Science aftergraduating from the U.S. Army Commandand General Staff College at Fort Leaven­worth, Kan. on Dec. 19, 1991. This 5­month chool applied intensive graduatelevel courses to preparing officers for workon generals' staffs.

Major Roberts will be the new Profe sorof Military Science to replace LTC West asof July 1, 1992. LTC will retire afterserving as the Professor of Military Sciencesince July 1987.

Ca·ptain Baker will join the Departmentof Military Science April 30, 1992. MajorLiles has recently departed Pittsburg Statefor assignment in New Jersey.

Music DepartmentChairman, Dr. Gene Vollen

The Department of Music has enteredthe second year of a major recruitmenteffort which is, of course, aimed atincreasing the number of such majors andthe number of participants in the variousensembles sponsored by the department.Since only one out of three students thatwe attract to PSU becomes a music major,the department would like to encourage

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alumni to refer potential students to us!The Department of Music has an­

nounced plans for the purchase of a newmechanically operated organ for McCrayRecital Hall. The organ, assigned Opusnumber 106, will be designed and con­structed by the Fisk Organ Company ofGloucester, Mass. A four-year constructionplan has been created to allow time toadequately prepare the recital hall forin tallation of the new organ.

This effort will consist of installing asilent climate control system, creating newdoors for entrance onto the stage, someacou tical changes which will include amodern lighting system, and, in general,returning the space to its original grandeur.

FacultyJames Tapia spent 25 days in Europe

thi pa t summer a conductor and principletrumpet with the American ChamberWinds. This is a group of musicians fromacademic and professional positions thatcome together every year to embark on amajor tour.

Susan Marchant performed with theEarly Music Consort in Boston's historicEmmanuel Church during the week of theBoston Early Music Festival.

Paul Carlson coordinated the Fall Frolicfor Strings Suzuki.

This event included string players fromJoplin, Independence, Fort cott, Girard,and Pittsburg.

Robert Kehle performed as principaltrombone at the Music Festival of Arkan asand with the Springfield SymphonyOrchestra.

Paul Huybrechts was a guest voiceinstructor at Louisiana State University.

Mary Kelton sang an II-week seasonwith the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, SantaFe, New Mexico.

Karen Dannessa participated in theSarasota Music Festival.

Nursing DepartmentChairman, Dr. Jo-Ann Marrs

The department has completed thefeasibility study for a master's of science innur ing program and the results werefavorable for the establishment of such aprogram. The focus will be Family Health.

A Nursing Alumni Association hasbeen formed and a homecomingluncheon was given thi past October.

A Nursing Department AlumniAssociation has been formed and ahomecoming luncheon was given this past

Departmental NewsOctober. The department is preparing forthe 20th anniversary in 1993 of the firstclass of nursing graduates.

FacultyBarbara Jean McClaskey will be

retiring fTom the department in December.She does plan to continue to do professorialwork; however, we will miss her beingaround full-time. She has been appointedto the Kansas State Board of Nursing.

Together with the Kansas Departmentof Health and Environment the departmentparticipated in a research study surveyingpossible health problems with heavy metalsin the Galena area. The project directorwas Joan Sheverbush and the facultymembers participating were Mary CarolPomatto, Cheryl Giefer, Ellen Carson,John Marrs, Sharon Bowling, RuthellynHinton, Barbara Jean McClaskey, JanSchiefelbein, and Jo-Ann Marrs.

Cheryl Giefer, Ellen Carson,Ruthellyn Hinton, Mary Carol Pomatto,and Becky Keele are pur uing doctoraldegrees.

Cheryl Giefer has had an articleaccepted for publication by theJournal of Community Health Nursingentitled: Technological Dependency: A

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Total Parental Nutrition". She has alsoreceived the American urses' Associationcertification as a Clinical urse Specialistin Medical Surgical Nursing.

Becky Keele received a fellowship fromthe University of Kansas chool of Nursingfor study toward her doctoral degree.

Joan Sheverbush is the past president ofthe Kansas State Nur es' Association.

Ruthellyn Hinton received certificationin Advanced Cardiac Life upport and shealso received an award for years of service aschairperson of the Crawford County Unitof the American Heart Association. She ialso an American Nurses' Associationcertified Clinical Speciali t in MedicalSurgical Nursing.

Carolyn Brooker attended theHeartland Rocky Mountain ResearchConference sponsored by HeartlandMENSA Buena Vista, Calif.

Shirley Stevenson ha received severalcertifications from the American Nurses'Association. They are: GerontologicalNurse, Clinical Nur e Specialist inCommunity Health Nursing, ClinicalSpecialist in Gerontological Nursing, andCommunity Health Nurse.

Marlene McClure continued with theArt Contest with the elementary students.A theme is chosen which relates to nursingand then the children submit theirdrawing to be judged. Prize are given tothe winner.

AlumniSeveral of the alumni are continuing

their education towards a master's degree.They are: Kim Harrington Rengstorf ('90)Oklahoma University; Karen RandelWinches~er ('87) Wichita State University;Lisa Roberts ('83) University of Washing­ton; Teresa Reinier Ward ('85); Jean Barr('85) University of Missi sippi MedicalCenter; Janice Giggleman ('83) Univer­sity of Arkansas; Heidi Kessler ('81)University of Kansas Medical Center; LeighAlexander ('80) Wichita State University;and Joan Dyrdek-Reed ('76) CentralMichigan.

Two of the alumni have notified thedepartment that they are anesthesists: JudyPeck ('76) Humana Hospital in Kansas ityand Paul Peterson ('82) Lincoln, Neb.

Clifford Crawford ('86) is a fullLieutenant in the U.S. avy in Iceland andJean Burnett ('77) was promoted to a Majorin the Air Force Nurse Corps. MelindaBalridge ('79) is an honor graduate in themaster's degree program at Pope Air ForceBase in North Carolina. .

David Chauusard ('78) is the Director of

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meeting. Dr. Donovan with Dr. Vineywere editors for "The Practice of Historyand Social Science."

Dr. Harry Humphries had a paperaccepted entitled "Weber, Durkheim andParsons on Socialism: A Reevaluation ofTheories of Political and RevolutionaryChanges in Light of Events in EasternEurope" by the ,Midwest Sociological

Nursing ar Claremore Regional Hospital inOklahoma.

Becky Bishop ('73) has been clinicaldirector of surgery at Kansas UniversityMedical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Angie Davis ('80) is the Director of aHome Health Agency.

Paula Calvert ('81) is on faculty at theUniversity of Kentucky in Lexington.

Pamela Jo Cummins ('85) is a psychiat­ric nursing instructor at St. John's RegionalHealth Center in Springfield, Mo.

Pamela Lindsay ('90) served in DesertStorm.

Carol Wagner ('90) is working withopen heart cases at St. Luke's Hospital inKansas City.

Ted Walker ('91) is working with thepublic health service in Alaska.

William Hughes graduated from theCollege of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Mo.In June he joined the Family PracticeClinic of Joplin.

Physics DepartmentChairman, Dr. James Thomas

The physics department received aNational Science Foundation (NSF.)Grant for laboratory equipment totaling$42,000 this summer.

David Kuehn presented a paper "TheVariability of Jovian Atmospheric Featuresat 890 nm" to the 23rd annual meeting ofthe Division for Planetary Sciences in SanFrancisco.

Social Science DepartmentChairman, Dr. Dale Frihart

Dr. Robert Hilt attended the 3rd WorldConference and chaired a session on"Evolving Soviet Policy Toward Asia andAfrica" in Omaha, Neb.

Dr. Paul Zagorski presented a paper"Human Rights and the Consolidation ofDemocracy in South America's SouthernCove" at the Third World StudiesConference in Omaha, Neb.

Dr. Don Viney presented a talk entitled"Just the Facts Ma'am" to Tri Beta, thePSU Biology Honor Society. Viney is alsothe Acting Editor-in -Chief for VolumeXXII, No.4, of the "Midwest Quarterly."

Dr. Marjorie Donovan has written apaper on "Not Just Another Pretty Face:Gender and Pictorial Representation in aPremier Science Journal". The paper hasbeen accepted for presentation at theAnnual Midwest Sociological Association

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