marshall university news letter, april 7, 1983
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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
News Letter April 7, 1983
OFF ICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS• NEWS BUREAU• MARSHALL UNIVERSITY• HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25701
Faculty election winners are announced Dan O'Hanlon, acting Criminal Justice Department
chairman, has been elected as the faculty representative to Marshall University's Institutional Board of Advisors, according to the results of the recent faculty election.
Elected to serve as the Marshall representative to the Board of Regents Faculty Advisory Council was Dr. William Coffey, professor of social studies, with Dr. Francis K. Aldred, professor of history, as alternate.
Also elected to committee posts were: Dr. Robert Olsen, professor of speech, Faculty Service Committee; Dr. Harry Sowards, professor of education,
Athletic Committee; Dr. Maureen Milicia, associate professor of theatre, Memorial Student Center Board;
Dr. Joan Adkins, Dr. Stanley Ash, Dr. Daniel Babb and Dr. Tony Williams, Institutional Hearing Committee-professor level; Dr. Elaine Baker, Dr. Robert Barnett and Dr. Charles Bias, Institutional Hearing Committee--associate professor level; Kathryn Chezik, Dr. Charles Cox, and Eleanor Terry, Institutional Hearing Committee-assistant professor level; Patricia Clark, Marjorie Keatley and James Mcwhorter, Institutional Hearing Committeeinstructor level.
PCOT to be • 1n residence here next week Two major opera productions, performances at
elementary schools, informal "brown bag" luncheon performances, master classes and seminars will be part of a week-long residency program by the Pittsburgh Chamber Opera Theater (PCOT) at Marshal I University April 11-17.
The performances in English of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" and Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," included on the Marshall Artists Series' Student Division, are scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17, respectively, in Smith Recital Hall.
Opera Lovers Everywhere will host receptions following the two performances. The Marshall University Symphony, James McWhorter conductor, will provide the musical accompaniment.
General admission tickets at $5 each for adults and $2 .50 each for youth age 17 and under are available now
University honors announces fail seminar discussion topics
"The American Experience, " UH 196, and "Primatology and Human Evolution," UH 395, will be the topics to be explored in the University Honors Program this fall, according to Dr. Michael J. Galgano, University Honors director.
Scheduled to meet from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursday in the Honors Lounge, UH 196 will explore contemporary American themes from a cross disciplinary perspective. The faculty will include Galgano, Dr. Gary Anderson, Chemistry Department chairman; Dr. Corey R. Lock, associate professor of education, and Martha Woodward, instructor of English.
Meeting from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the Honors Lounge, UH 395 will be taught by Dr. Ronald L. Martino, assistant professor of geology; Dr. Elaine Baker, associate professor of psychology; Dr. William McDowell, Counseling/Rehabilitation Department chairman, and Dr. Claire Horton, associate professor of sociology/anthropology.
from the Artists Series Office in Memorial Student Center and may be reserved by calling (304) 696-6656. MU students with ID and Activity cards will be admitted free.
The residency program has been made possible by the generosity of several groups, according to Mrs. Nancy P. Hindsley, MU cultural events coordinator. These include: the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, West Virginia Department of Culture and History's Arts and Humanities Division, the Artists Series, MU Music Department, the Birke Fine Arts Symposium and the MU Foundation.
PCOT will present abbreviated performances of the opera "Hansel and Gretel" weekday mornings at four elementary schools : Peyton, Monroe, Altizer and Cammack.
The young company of artists will present informal performances (brown bag performances) of classical and popular music at noon Monday and Thursday at the Memorial Student Center. Weather permitting they will be held on the Student Center Plaza, if not, in the Student Center Cafeteria.
Several master classes with mezzo-soprano Mildred
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Vital issues program Apri I 14 to explore human rights theme
"Human Rights : Jefferson vs. Marx" will be the theme for the fifth in a series of Vital Issues Programs, scheduled for 2 p .m. Thursday, April 14, in Harris Hall 134 on Marshall University's campus.
Described as an "open forum," by Dr. Jabir A. Abbas, VIP coordinator, the program will feature speakers presenting viewpoints of Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx, along with social welfare and World Food Bank perspectives. A question and answer period will follow the main discussion.
The program is open to the public.
Science fiction convention scheduled next week A science fantasy author, a noted artist and two comic
book editors will be the special guests for MunchCon Ill Science Fiction Convention set for April 15-16 at Marshall University, Amanda Carter of Charleston, convention coordinator, has announced ..
The guest of honor, Nancy Springer, will be the featured author and keynote speaker, Ms. Carter said. In addition to a number of poems and short stories, Ms. Springer has written four fantasy novels based on Celtic mythology, beginning with "The White Hart" and including her most recent book, "The Black Beast."
Featured artist Boris Vallejo is one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy artists today, Ms. Carter said. "His paintings have appeared on the covers of some of the most famous books in the field," she said, "and have been collected in several successful volumes, including his latest, 'Mirage'."
Mary Jo Duffy and Carol Kalish of the Marvel Comics Group also will participate in MunchCon. Ms. Duffy is the associate editor of "Epic Illustrated" magazine and the Epic Comics line, and has written for several titles, including "Star Wars." Ms. Kalish is the editor of "The Marvel Age" and is Marvel's direct-sales manager, coordinating products that are sold only in comics specialty shops and by subscription.
MunchCon is a free-admission event produced each year by the Marshall University Science Fiction Society and will be held this year in Corbly Hall on the Marshall
Harvard University professor to lecture in Corbly April 15
A Harvard University professor of government will present a free, public lecture at Marshall University at 10 a.m. Friday, April 15, in Corbly Hall 105.
Dr. Douglas A. Hibbs Jr., the 1983 MU Political Science Distinguished Lecturer, will discuss "Recent Election Outcomes and Reagan's Economic Policy Options." A question and answer period will follow the talk, according to Dr. Jabir A. Abbas, MU professor of political science.
Prior to joining the Harvard faculty in 1978, Hibbs had taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sweden's Goteborg University, Stanford University and the University of Michigan.
He has lectured at Princeton and Rutgers universities as well as major European institutions in Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France and Ireland. He also has been a guest lecturer in India, Japan and Korea.
Hibbs, who holds the doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has done extensive research in comparative political economy, specifically in the area of the interrelationship between elections and the status of the political economy in the United States and Europe. His current research deals with the topic "The American Political Economy: Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics in the United States."
Frances Laird Boyd dead Word has been received here of the March 7 death of
Frances Laird Boyd of Alexandria, Va., a former Marshall Laboratory School teacher.
A 1936 Marshall graduate, she taught fourth grade and supervised student teachers during the 1930s and 1940s. She was a Life Member of the MU Alumni Association.
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campus. The schedule of events will include a film festival, an
art show, seminars and workshops, fantasy and science fiction gaming and a costume contest. Activities begin at 6 p.m. Friday, April 15, and again at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 16.
Movies such as "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Night of the Living Dead," H.G. Wells' "Things to Come" and "The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark" will be shown courtesy of the West Virginia Library Commission, as will "Star Trek" episodes "Amok Time" and "Catspaw."
Vallejo plans to bring several of his paintings from "Mirage" for display, according to Art Show Coordinator Mary Collins of Logan. "We've had great response this year, and there are quite a few amateur and professional people sending or bringing works." she said. "We've added an art auction to the schedule for those who want to sell prints or original works."
Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the MunchCon 111 Costume Contest and the games tournament, Ms. Carter said. Persons who are interested in either competition will be able to sign up at the convention registration tables in the lobby of Corbly Hall.
The convention is sponsored by the Marshall University Science Fiction Society with financial assistance from the West Virginia Humanities Foundation, a division of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Art therapists here Saturday The Marshal I University Art Department, with
assistance from the MU Foundation, will sponsor an Art Therapy Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in Smith Hall 621, according to Dr. Ray Moorhead, assistant professor of art.
The workshop is open to teachers in the Tri-State Area, MU students and any other interested person. There will be a $3 registration fee for all participants except for MU students with ID Card who will be admitted free.
The workshop will benefit art, special education and other classroom teachers who work - or will be working - with the learning disabled, the mentally retarded and similar types of handicapped people, Moorhead said.
Don Jones, registered art therapist and adjunctive therapy director at Harding Hospital, Worthington, Ohio, will conduct the workshop, assisted by his wife, Karen Rush-Jones, also a registered art therapist.
Jazz ensemble plays Ashland The Marshall University Jazz Ensemble will close out
the WCMI Radio and Pied Piper Spring Jazz Series with a concert beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10, in the Ashland (Ky.) Community College Auditorium.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, is the last in a series of six performances featuring seven university and high school jazz ensembles from the region. The program will be carried live over WCMI Radio, 1340 AM, from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The 20-member ensemble, directed by J.D. Folsom, MU assistant professor of music, will play arrangements of such old jazz favorites as "Stardust," "Body and Soul," "Sophisticated Lady" and "Sweet Georgia Brown," along with more recent standards such as "A Time for Love," "Somewhere" and "Ice Castles."
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MU faculty and staff achievements, activities . .. DR. JOHN W. FOSTER, assistant professor of
microbiology, was awarded a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health for $120,000. The title of the grant project is "NAO metabolism and genetics in Salmonella typhimurium."
DR. PETER J. KASVINSKY, associate professor of biochemistry, presented a seminar on "The Effects of AMP on Glycogen Phosphorylase a" to the Research and Development Group at Sandoz, Inc .. Pharmaceutical Division in East Hanover, N.J. on Feb. 2. He has also an article, "Regulation of Muscle Phosphorylase Activity by Carnosine and Anserine," appearing in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 109: 769-775 (1982), which was co-authored by Andrew Schindzielorz, a second year medical student, who worked on the project under a Medical Student Summer Research Grant.
DR. CLAIRE F. HORTON, associate professor of sociology/anthropology and University Honors associate
Personnel personals ... Katherine Teel, daughter of John Teel, assistant pro
fessor of English, and Cora Teel, university archivist, won two awards in the recent 1983 MU Academic Festival. The Huntington High School sophomore received a first prize in printmaking and a third prize in poetry. ·
Dr. C.A. Kellner, former professor of speech, who retired in 1979, wrote to say that son Douglas, associate professor at the University of Texas-Austin, has published a book. "Passion and Rebellion: The Expressionist Heritage" is the title of the book from J.F. Bergin Publishers, Inc., which he co-edited with Stephen Bronner. /1 Ace" also notes that he and his wife, Toni, enjoyed a recent visit from Dr. Jack Brown, professor emeritus of English.
Proud of a family member's accomplishment? Is there a new baby at your house? Is there something else you'd like to share with your colleagues? "Personnel personals ... " is just the place. Send your information to Judith Casto, University Relations, Old Main 102.
Death claims Mrs. Edeburn Funeral services were held April 1 in New Wilmington,
Pa., for Marion Bott Edeburn, widow of Dr. Ralph Edeburn, MU professor emeritus of zoology. Burial followed in Unity Cemetary, Greenville, Pa.
Mrs. Edeburn, 72, died March 29 of smoke inhalation from a fire in her apartment in Huntington. Surviving is a son, Judson Edeburn of Raleigh, N.C.
Campus job opening ... The MU Personnel Office has announced the follow
ing campus employment opportunity: Offset Pressman Apprentice, Graphic Services, pay
grade 3, deadline April 11. Additional information may be obtained from the Per
sonnel Office, Old Main 207, extension 6455.
Excused absences ... Absences have been excused by the respective college
deans for the following: APRIL 5-MU Jazz Ensemble members. APRIL 6 and 13-Greg Elkins, Terry Davis, Jimmy Thompson and Joe
Cremeans. MARCH 3~APRIL 3-Men's Golf Team.
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director, presented a paper, "Conversion Symptomatology in Appalachia," at the annual meeting of the Society of Applied Anthropology in San Diego, Calif ., March 17.
DR. JEANIE WATSON, assistant professor of English, has had two articles accepted for publication: "Coleridge's Androgynous Ideal" to appear in the British periodical Prose Studies, and, /1 'Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me' : Christina Rossetti's Goblin Fruit of Fairy Tale" to appear in Volume XII (1984) of Children's Literature, published by Yale University Press.
Classes, seminars set (continued from page 1)
Miller, PCOT artistic director, have been scheduled. Information on the classes may be obtained by calling the Artists Series Office or the Music Department, (304) 696-3117. Participation in these classes is limited, but the sessions will be open to interested spectators.
tn addition, three special seminars will be offered which also will be open to the public. The first, scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, at 2 p.m. in Smith Music Hall, is "Same Characters in Search of Two Operas," which will explore the ways Rossini and Mozart developed their characters for the two operas from a triology of plays by Beaumarchais.
On Wednesday, April 12, at 2 p.m. in Smith Music Hall, Ms. Miller will conduct a seminar on careers in opera and at 2 p.m . Friday, April 14, in Smith Music Hall, she will hold a seminar/workshop on opera characterizations .
A co-founder of PCOT, Ms. Miller has completed 23 seasons with the Metropolitan Opera and has appeared with every major opera company in the United States, as well as with several of Europe's leading opera houses.
Development accountant moves
Ervin P. Campbell Jr., Development Office accountant, is now located in the Development Office, Old Main 109, and may be reached by telephone on extension 6440.
Concert scheduled on Friday The Marshall University Collegium Musicum and the
A Cappella Choir may be heard in a free, public concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 8, in Smith Recital Hall.
The 12-voice Collegium, directed by Dr. Bradford DeVos, professor of music, will present Palestrina's "Missa lnviolata." The A Cappella Choir, directed by graduate student Dale Miller, will present a variety of vocal works ranging from Hassler's "Agnus Dei" to the folk ballad, "Black is the Color of My True Lover's Hair."
Flute ensemble to perform The Marshall University Flute Ensemble will present a
free, public concert at 8 p.m. today (April 7) in Smith Recital Hall. The ensemble, directed by Dr. Deborah Egekvist, assistant professor of music, will perform works by Bach, Boismortier and Zaninelli.