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Volume 1, No. 49
Jan. 26, 2001
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EXCELLENT! 4 FACULTY HONORED
Four CWU professors recently received CWU Alumni Association Excellence in
Teaching Awards.
Criteria established for the award includes: high level of success in
teaching and advising by a non-tenured, full-time faculty member at CWU for
five years or less. This year's winners are Joan Amby, MaryAnne Atkinson,
Todd Schaefer and Tom Wellock.
Joan Amby, a member of the family and consumer sciences department, since
coming to CWU in 1996 has taught 11 different classes, including Life
Management, Consumer Awareness, Human Sexuality and Divorce and Remarriage.
Her students become actively involved through visits with the elderly,
real-life simulations, panel discussions, creating lesson plans and
developing a spending plan.
Students describe Amby as being enthusiastic, approachable, open, patient,
creative and outgoing, well prepared and someone with great insight and a
respect for the subject.
She also receives favorable comments from student evaluation forms. One of
her Consumer Awareness students wrote: "Joan has an excellent teaching
style. She always provides handouts and study guides. When dealing with a
lot of information it is important for students to know exactly what to
study. This is my third class from Dr. Amby. I wish she could teach all
of my classes."
The following comment came from an Introduction to Family Studies class:
"I loved the class and Dr. Amby's way of presenting the material. It was
very useful and relevant to life. Dr. Amby is always willing to listen and
offer help. She is a great asset to the college."
MaryAnne Atkinson has taught accounting at the CWU Westside Centers since
1997. She is known for her enthusiasm, competence, dedication to students
and passion for the subject. She uses presentation slides and encourages
discussion to help make her classes interesting and easy to understand.
Atkinson is pursuing a solid research agenda and developing a record of
successful scholarship. She also is a member of the CWU graduate faculty.
A former Auditing class student wrote: "We spent time applying the issues
to actual situations in accounting. She did a great job of giving
additional examples for problems in auditing."
An Intermediate Accounting student said: "The objectives of this course
were easily understood and presented in a way that a student could focus on
them without wasting time on unnecessary areas."
Todd Schaefer, political science, was hired by CWU in 1996. He teaches
courses on American politics and government, including the introductory
survey course and advanced courses in campaigns and elections, parties and
interest groups, the legislative process and public opinion and political
communication. He has also developed two new course offerings, one on Mass
Media in American Politics and the other on African Politics.
In the classroom, Schaefer is known for his enthusiasm, sense of humor,
creative approach, fairness, understanding and making class fun. He also
stimulates critical thinking and the active involvement of students. He
requires writing assignments which showcase students' ability to think
independently and write effectively.
A student in American Politics wrote: "Your attitude was great everyday.
That made going to class fun. I enjoyed the debates and I liked the idea
of the paper. Thanks for a great quarter."
He received the following comment, also from an American Politics student:
"(Professor) Schaefer is very enthusiastic. It is easy to learn from
someone who is passionate about their class subject matter. This course
invoked a lot of thought and opinion."
Tom Wellock made a career change when he began teaching history at Central
in 1997. He was a nuclear engineer. His excellence in teaching award
might confirm that his move to the classroom was the right choice.
One of his strengths is storytelling, and he is able to convey his passion
for the topic and get his students excited about history. He also cares
about improving students' skills, especially their writing. It has been
said he is organized, humorous, intelligent, an outstanding lecturer,
available for help outside of class, someone who uses multi-media well and
grades fairly.
One student from a 20th Century U.S. 1945 to the Present class wrote: "Dr.
Wellock's stories, additional materials and presentations are all very
engaging and made his lectures the best part of the course."
And this was written by a United States History Since 1865 student:
"Professor Wellock's teaching method is phenomenal. He reaches students on
a level most teachers could never obtain. I have never been so confident
of a professor's knowledge as I am of Professor Wellock's. Professor
Wellock has helped me develop a deep appreciation for history."
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NOTICE CORNER
CWU President Jerilyn S. McIntyre announced Jan. 19 the appointment of
Ann Anderson, vice-chair of Washington State Board of Tax Appeals and CWU
alumna, as the university's new director of government relations.
"I'm excited and looking forward to coming back to Central," Anderson said,
referring to her bachelor's and master's degrees from CWU and her Yakima
roots.
In 1986, Anderson was elected to the Washington State Senate representing
the 42nd District in Whatcom County. During her 12-year tenure in the
Senate, she served as vice-chair of the Senate Agriculture and the Senate
Commerce and Labor committees. In addition, Anderson held several
leadership positions: majority whip (1986-1992), Republican caucus chair
(1993-1994), Republican whip (1995-1996) and deputy majority leader
(1996-1998).
Gov. Gary Locke appointed Anderson to serve on the Board of Tax Appeals in
1998. She points to that position and her successful service in various
legislative committees as indicators that she can work effectively in
Olympia.
"I am extremely aware that any representative of CWU must be able to work
with both parties in the legislature, as well as with staff and state
agencies," Anderson said.
"We're pleased that Ann has agreed to join our institution," President
McIntyre said. "She understands well and appreciates the legislative
process. She also knows Central and can represent the many strengths of
the university."
Anderson replaces Martha Lindley, who served as the university's director
of government relations from 1994 to 2000, and will assume her new
responsibilities in April. CWU has retained Linda Schactler, former deputy
director of the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, to perform
those duties through the end of March.
Central Washington University has been selected as a grant partner for a
new academic service-learning program. A $517,607 U.S. Department of
Education grant, through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE), will allow five schools, including CWU, to incorporate a
new academic service-learning curriculum at their institutions.
"It was exceptionally difficult to receive one of the FIPSE awards," Dr.
Jan Bowers, CWU's FIPSE academic service learning project director, says,
noting 24 other schools were turned down for the program.
Bowers defines academic service learning as "using your content knowledge
to improve your community." The new academic service-learning training
program was developed at Eastern Michigan University (EMU).
"It's been proved that academic service-learning methodology results in
more effective teaching and greater learning by integrating community
service into university curricula," Dr. Dale Rice, the national project
director from EMU, notes. He says CWU students will be able to apply their
coursework through academic service-learning projects in the Kittitas and
Yakima valleys.
In addition, CWU will establish a Faculty Fellow Program to provide
resources and financial support to 10 annually nominated faculty members,
allowing them to integrate service learning into their classes.
This year's CWU faculty fellows are:
College of the Sciences: Bruce Palmquist, physics/science education, and
Martha Kurtz, chemistry/science education;
College of Education and Professional Studies: Shawn Christiansen, family
studies; Luetta Monson, curriculum and supervision, and Barbara Masberg,
leisure services;
College of Arts and Humanities: Lois Breedlove, communication; Tom Wellock,
history, and Glen Bach, graphic design;
School of Business and Economics: Katherine Black, accounting, and Rex
Moody, business administration.
The professors will next meet with Rice to begin scheduling and organizing
the program plan, Bowers says.
Later this year, 10 CWU students and five faculty members will get a
firsthand look at the impacts of environmental degradation, economic growth
and societal change within China.
"The students will produce an interdisciplinary project on the question of
sustainability of urban China," Dr. James Cook, CWU history professor and
project director, says. "They'll be coming at the topic from five
different directions: history, political science, sociology, economics and
geography."
Cook and fellow faculty members Michael Launius, political science and
director of the CWU Asia/Pacific Studies program; John Alwin, geography and
land studies; Richard Mack, economics; and Hong Xiao, sociology, will serve
as the faculty mentors.
While in China, the students, who will receive research stipends, will work
closely with the Management Sciences Institute at Northern Jiaotong
University in Beijing, one of Central's sister institutions, and they'll
participate in a major conference on China's environment, Cook notes.
The CWU study will be subsidized through a prestigious new $50,000 grant
from the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), designed to
promote undergraduate scholarly activity. The NCUR grant program is funded
by the Alice and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation.
An orientation session for interested students will be held Thursday, Feb.
1, at noon in the Samuelson Union Building Owhi Room. Student applications
are due Friday, Feb. 9.
Graduate assistantship applications for summer quarter 2001 and for the
2001-2002 academic year are due by Feb. 15, in the office of graduate
studies and research, Barge 305. Applications and information can be
obtained in Barge 305, or by calling 963-3103. Graduate students who are
currently employed as graduate assistants also need to submit an
application by Feb. 15 if they are interested in obtaining an assistantship
for next year. Graduate students interested in the assistantship program
are also requested to submit a financial aid application available in the
financial aid office.
Burton J. Williams, professor and dean emeritus of CWU, died in his
sleep Nov. 9, 2000, at his home in Maple Valley, Wash. He was 72.
Burt was born to John and Nina Williams in St. Louis, Mo., where he
attended public schools and joined the United States Marines Corps near the
end of World War II. His marriage to Carol Williams lasted 51 years and
produced six children: Herb, Laura, Mitch, Rachel, Garey and William, and
11 grandchildren.
He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Southern Illinois University, and his
Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Burt's first academic job was at the
University of Cincinnati in 1965. He moved to Chadron State in Nebraska in
1967 and to Central in 1969. Burt, who published six books, was chair the
CWU history department and then dean of the college of letters, arts and
sciences. He retired in 1987.
After his retirement from Central, Burt taught for the University of
Washington's Tacoma campus. He taught his last course the day before he
died.
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CENTRALIGHTS
(Editor's note: Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit information to
the Centralights section. Please let us know what you are doing
professionally. If possible, please e-mail to campusbullet@cwu.edu).
Lila HARPER, English, has served as a field bibliographer for both the
Modern Language Association and the Modern Humanities Research Association
(Cambridge University), submitting journal article contributions to the
1998 and 1999 Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
(ABELL) and festschriften contributions to the 1999 Modern Language
Association International Bibliography.
Andy PIACSEK, Physics, presented a paper at the fall meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America in Newport Beach. Calif., Dec. 4-7. The
title of his talk was "Measurements of wineglass resonance using a fiber
optic probe." The talk was based, in part, on an undergraduate research
project conducted last year by physics student Dennis Hamilton. This work
was picked up by the international media. The weekly magazine "New
Scientist," based in London, mentioned the wineglass study in its Nov. 18,
2000, issue. And, the New York Times highlighted the study in the Sunday,
Dec. 17 edition.
Paul E. CHEVEDDEN, History, Zvi Shiller, Samuel R. Gilbert, and Donald J.
Kagay, had and article, "The Traction Trebuchet: A Triumph of Four
Civilizations," in "Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies" 31 (2000):
433-486. This study of the traction trebuchet offers new perspectives on
the development and employment of the piece of ordnance that dominated
warfare far longer than any other form of artillery. The inquiry is both
interdisciplinary and intercultural, combining an historical investigation
with an engineering analysis of manually-powered artillery used for a
millennium across Eurasia and North Africa. It reviews the accomplishments
of China, Islam, Byzantium, and the Latin West to the development of the
traction trebuchet and describes how Islamic, Byzantine, and European
trebuchets were able to surpass their Chinese counterparts, despite the
fact that China was the first to devise this class of artillery. Contrary
to prevailing opinion, the traction trebuchet reached an advanced stage of
development, comparable to the performance of the stone-projectors of the
gravity-powered age of artillery; and it remained in use long after the
invention of the counterweight trebuchet because it fulfilled a vital
tactical role in siege warfare.
C. Christopher LEE, Business Administration, had an article titled
"Designing Middleware Systems to Integrate Web Based Database and
Hierarchical Database in the Legacy Systems: A Case of Electric Utility
Company" accepted for publication in the "Academy of Information and
Management Science Journal," Vol. 3, Iss. 2 (2000). Hakyun KIM, a 2000 CWU
visiting scholar from Korea, co-authored this paper.
Connie NOTT, C. Christopher LEE, Business Administration, and Graham Nott,
ONSITE Learning, had their paper titled "Simply Simulation: An Interactive
CD-ROM-Based Blended-Media Approach For Learning Simulation Concepts"
published in the Proceedings of 2000 Winter Simulation Conference (2000):
1699-1702. The Winter Simulation Conference is the most prestigious
professional organization in the simulation field.
Carrie REHKOPF, Music, gave the world premiere of a violin concerto, "Lux
Aeterna" by Maria Newman last July at the Icicle Creek Music Center. On
Dec. 10, she recorded the work at Capitol Records with a studio orchestra,
and then performed the concerto live on KMZT at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art as part of their 'Sundays Live' series. On Nov. 11, she
performed Samuel Barber's violin concerto with the Tacoma Youth Symphony
Orchestra, dircted by Paul-Elliott COBBS, Music.
Jeffrey DIPPMANN, Philosophy, presented his paper titled "The Yin-Yang of
Textbooks: How Balanced is Our Portrayal of Taoism?" at the American
Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Nashville, Nov. 20. The paper was
part of a panel organized by Dippmann on the theme of "Teaching 'Real'
Taoism: Problems and Promise." A related article, "The Tao of Textbooks:
Taoism in Introductory World Religion Texts," appears in the February 2001
issue of "Teaching Theology & Religion." He has also been named a
sub-editor in East Asian Religion for the Council of Societies for the
Study of Religion's quarterly publication, "Religious Studies Review."
An essay translated by Dinara GEORGEOLIANI, Foreign Languages, and Mark
HALPERIN, English, appears in the current number of "The Antioch Review."
Titled "The Master of Delft," it is by the contemporary Russian poet and
essayist Alexandr Kushner. The piece combines information and speculation
about the painter Vermeer and his work with a history of the its author's
attempts to see that work; not a simple task during the Soviet Era.
CHEN Lin, Visiting Exchange Scholar/Artist from Anhui University, PRC, and
Cynthia KRIEBLE, Art, have co-curated "Mo Yun Shi / Ink, Rhythm, Poetry:
Contemporary Traditional Paintings from China (Five Artists from Anhui
Province)," which will open at the Bank of America Gallery in Seattle on
Thursday, Feb. 22, and run through March 30. A large number of Chen Lin's
paintings will be featured in this exhibition, which will reopen April 9 at
CWU Sarah Spurgeon Art Gallery.
In conjunction with the painting exhibition, a grant recently awarded by
the Blakemore Foundation in support of Asian Fine Arts in the U.S. will
enable all the artists to come from China for a three-week residency on
Central's campus April 5-25. They will be participants in a program of
artists' lectures, studio workshops and a symposium on Chinese painting
open to the university community.
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UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Art Exhibit: CWU Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
weekdays and noon to 3 p.m. weekends, Spurgeon Gallery in Randall Hall,
through Feb. 23
Meeting: CWU Board of Trustees, 1 p.m., Barge 412
Natural Science Seminar: "Stress and Coping in Primates: A Comparative
Perspective," by Megan Matheson, CWU Psychology, 4 p.m., Science Building
147
Wrestling: CWU vs. Simon Fraser, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Theatre: "Oklahoma!" directed by Michael J. Smith, 8 p.m., McConnell
Auditorium, $15 general, $7 students/seniors
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Wrestling: Northwest Conference Championship, all day
Basketball: CWU women vs. Alaska Anchorage, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Basketball: CWU men vs. Humboldt State, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Theatre: "Oklahoma!" directed by Michael J. Smith, 8 p.m., McConnell
Auditorium, $15 general, $7 students/seniors
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Faculty Recital: John Pickett, piano, 2 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Random Acts of Kindness Week
Beethoven Concert: CWU Orchestra, conducted by Paul-Elliott Cobbs,
"Beethoven Symphony No. 5," 8 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Classic Film Series: "The Third Man" (Britain, 1949, B&W, 104 min.), 7
p.m., McConnell Auditorium, $2.50
Beethoven Series: Second Tuesday Faculty Series, 7:30 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
China in Dance: 7:30 p.m., McConnell Auditorium
Papa John's Coffeehouse: Brian Owen, 8 p.m., SUB
Guest Piano Recital: Eduart Zilberkart, 8 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
Composer's Concert: Kristin Korb and Mark Polishook, 8 p.m., Hertz Recital
Hall
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Presidents' Day Holiday
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Geology Seminar Series: "Earthquakes and Eruptions on Kilauea Volcano," by
Professor Susan Owen, University of Southern California, noon, Lind 215
Classic Film Series: "The Phantom of the Opera" (U.S., 1925, B&W, 90
min.), accompanied by composer/pianist Robert Israel, 7 p.m., McConnell
Auditorium, $2.50
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Meeting: Faculty Senate, 3:10 p.m., Barge 412
Reino & Naomi Randall Art Lecture Series: "Contemporary Visions in
Traditional Chinese Painting," a slide presentation of his own work by
Professor Chen Lin, Visiting Exchange Scholar/Artist from Anhui University,
People's Republic of China, 7 p.m., Department of Art, Randall Hall 117
Papa John's Coffeehouse: Dana Robinson, 8 p.m., SUB
Concert: CWU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Andrew Spencer, 8 p.m.,
Hertz Recital Hall
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Basketball: CWU women vs. Western Washington, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Basketball: CWU men vs. Northwest Nazarene, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Natural Science Seminar: "A Meteorologist Does Quantitative Research:
Summarizing the Three-Year, CWU Community Values Project," by James
Huckabay, CWU Geography and Land Studies, 4 p.m., Science Building 147
Concert: Jazz Night 2, directed by Kristin Korb, 8 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Basketball: CWU women vs. Seattle Pacific, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Basketball: CWU men vs. Seattle University, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Concert: CWU Trumpet Choir, directed by Tom Gause, 3 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
Concert: CWU Brass Choir, directed by Jeff Snedeker and Tom Gause, 8 p.m.,
Hertz Recital Hall
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Art Exhibit: Farrell Scholarship Exhibit, by John Holmgren, photography,
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and noon to 3 p.m. weekends, Spurgeon
Gallery in Randall Hall, through March 2
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Geology Seminar Series: "The Co-Seismic Displacement Fields for the 1992
Landers and 1999 Hector Mine Earthquakes, from Regional GPS Observations,
by Ken Austin, CWU, noon, Lind 215
Classic Film Series: "Chac the Rain God" (Mexico, 1975, color, 95 min.), 7
p.m., McConnell Auditorium, $2.50
Concert: CWU Wind Ensemble, directed by Larry Gookin, 8 p.m., Hertz
Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Fair: Spa Day and Health & Fitness Fair, SUB
Papa John's Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., SUB
Concert: CWU Symphonic Band, directed by Larry Gookin, 8 p.m., Hertz
Recital Hall
THURSDAY, MARCH 1
Wind Ensemble Festival: all day, Hertz Hall, through March 3
Basketball: CWU women vs. Northwest Nazarene, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Concert: Faculty Brass Quintet, 8 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
FRIDAY, MARCH 2
Beethoven Series: First Friday Brown Bag, noon, Hal Holmes Center, Ellensburg
Basketball: CWU men vs. St. Martin's, 7 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
SATURDAY, MARCH 3
Basketball: CWU women vs. Seattle University, 5 p.m., Nicholson Pavilion
Comedy Night: 8 p.m., Club Central
Beethoven Concert: CWU Orchestra, "Beethoven Symphony No. 9," with the CWU
Chamber Choir and Yakima Symphony Chorus, 8 p.m., Hertz Recital Hall
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