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Nov. 2-15, 1990 A publication for the faculty and staff of the University of South Florida Faculty, staff, students receive honors

Outstanding USF faculty and staff members music education; Carolyn El were lined up to receive their laurels at the lis, sociology; Kitty Freeman, Founders' Day Honors Convocation on Oct. 19. electrical engineering; Michael Provost Gerry Meisels presented the Distin Gibbons, political science; W. guished Faculty Awards. The 1990 Jerome Kri Dianne Hall, physical educa vanek Distinguished Teaching Award went to tion; Thomas Harrington, in Judith Becker, psychology. The Theodore and formation systems; LeBrone Venette Askounes-Ashford Distinguished Harris, accounting; Ann Hawk Scholar award was presented to 'Robert Good, ins, music; Kathleen Heide, pediatrics, and Jack Moore, American studies. criminology; Susan Homan, The Alumni Professor Award was earned childhood education; and Ra by Priscilla Brewer, American studies. She was jaram Janardhanam, civil en presented with the award by R. Patrick Hill, gineering and mechanics. Feeling a little bit president of the USF Alumni Association. Also designated Outstand TENSE??!!! You've got University President Francis T. Borkowski ing Faculty were Celina Jozsi, 4 to r-e-1-a-x. The Employee presented the President's Distinguished Service accounting; Autar Kaw, me Assistance Program's "Insights" Award to Rudolf Henning, engineering, and the chanical engineering; Stephen column will tell you how. President's Distinguished Citizen Award to Klesius, professional physical Colleen Bevis, statecampaignerformental health education; Walter Kruschwitz, and welfare services for children; and Carl physics; Sara Mandell, clas Last year, the USF basket Flossie Boushall, far left, presented the Town and Gown Riggs, director of the CenteJ for Excellence in sics; Thorn McLaughlin, vis ball team grabbed the Sun Community Service Award to anthropology professor Mathematics, and former acting president and ual arts; Joseph Moxley, Eng 5 Belt Conference Champi Alvin Wolfe, center, at the Honors Convocation Oct. 19. vice president emeritus at USF. lish; William Murray, history; onship, and traveled to the West Boushall and Wolfe are pictured with USF President Approximately l ,785 students then received Gary Olson, English; Terence Coast for the NCAA tournament. Francis T. Borkowski. honors certificates. One honors student, Barbara Owen, chemistry; Loyd Pette The Bulls are gearing up for an Wickett Wilhite, was presented with the Delta grew, communication; Fred Power, finance; Bar were Ting Cbu, electrical engineering, and Jacob other winning season and will Sigma Pi Scholarship Key by College of Busi bara Redding, nursing; John Romeo, biology; Neusner, religious studies. gain increased national exposure ness Administration Dean James Pappas. Each Harry Schaleman, geography; Manny Vega, Borkowski then presented the Emeriti Fac with two games televised on year, Delta Sigma Pi recognizes the student with criminology; Patricia Waterman, anthropology; ulty: William Garrett, Department of English; ESPN, including this year's the highest grade point average in the College of Carol Williams, mathematics; Donald Wyly, Imogene King, College of Nursing; D. Keith Lup Homecoming game. Business. Wilhite, a fmance major, graduated in English; and Flora Zbar, English. ton, lecturer, Division of Interdisciplinary Social three years in Aprill990 with an overall GPA of Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Advi Sciences; Norvel McClung, Department of Biol 3.97. sors included Diane Elmeer, visual arts; Law ogy; Edgar Nesman, Department of Sociology; The latest University of She is currently attending Stetson Univer rence Morehouse, political science; Carnot Nel Robert O'Hara, Division ofLanguagt;:; Jack Robin 5 South Florida enrollment sity College of Law on a Law I scholarship, after son, psychology; Eugene Olsen, chemistry; Bar son, Department of Educational Measurement & figures show huge in scoring in the nation's top 10 percent on the bara Redding, nursing; and Jerome Smith, an Research; and Bernard Ross, Department of Civil creases, with more than 32,000 LSAT. thropology. Outstanding Undergraduate Profes Engineering & Mechanics. students attending the University. Meisels announced the winners of the 1990 sional Advisors included James Cebulski, Aca The 1990 Outstanding Public School Teacher USF is also one of the few pre Outstanding Undergraduate Teachers and Out demic Services; Sylvia King, Academic Serv award was presented to Brenda Ross, head of the dominantly white institutions that standing Undergraduate Academic Advisors. ices; Myrtice Landers, Undergraduate Studies; English department at Hillsborough High School. has experienced a climb in Afri Outstanding Undergraduate Teachers included and Ruth Ott, coordinator of Academic Advising The presentations concluded with the Town & can-American graduate student Alan Balfour, business management; Judith for the Sarasota campus. Gown Community Service A ward, which went to enrollment. Becker; William Cook, marketing; Chris Doane, Graduate Research Professors of the Year Alvin Wolfe, professor of anthropology. Events planned to celebrate American Education Week

The National Education Asso fessionals and community leaders, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. in the Grace Allen limited resources. Tickets, $10,$15 ciation has designated Nov. 12-19 including Gov. Bob Martinez, and theGreaterTampaCham~rofCom Reading Room in the Special Col and $35, are available at the Tampa as American Education Week. The Senators Connie Mack and Bob merce and the Hillsborough Educa lections Department of the Tampa Theatre box office and all Ticket theme of the week is "Educating Graham, in front of classes as teach tional Partnership Foundation. campus library. A reception for all Master outlets. Everyone Takes Everyone." The ers. Four buses full of business pro faculty will follow. For more infor • The 12th annual Children's theme of Hillsborough County's fessionals will leave the Tampa Con • Jim Eison, director of the newly mation, call ext. 3439. Festival is scheduled for Nov. 17 week of events is "Share the Com vention Center at 8:30a.m. Nov. 14 established USF. Center for Teach • AU Hillsborough County Pub from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the USF mitment." to take the "substitute" teachers to ing Enhancement, lic Schools principals will be treated Tampa campus. The event is usually American Education Week was their destination. will present a to breakfast at the Joint Principal's held the first Saturday in November, first observed by the National Edu Participants will share their lecture Council Breakfast scheduled for 8 but festival founder Ron Linder said cation Association and the Ameri experiences at a luncheon at noon a.m. Nov. 15 at the Hyatt Regency this year the festival was s_cheduled can Legion in December 1921. The featuring Florida Education in downtown Tampa. to culminate American Education U.S. Department of Education be Commissioner Betty Castor as Sy Fliegel, Superintenten week. came a co-sponsor. the f9llowing the guest speaker. dent of District 28, Queens, The ail-day event will give chil year. Today, the U.S. Department of • GTE is sponsoring a fun New York, will be the guest dren a chance to learn through chal Education and 11 national organiza draising dinner featuring Sena speaker. Fliegel is known lenging activities such as math, tions are co-sponsors of the 69th tor Richard G. Lugar, the senior as an innovator because of computers, science, art and dance. Annual American Edu~·ati on Week. senator from Indiana. He is a several programs he insti Admission for children between In Hillsborough County, the 1954 graduate from Denison tuted in New York, includ the ages of 2 and 14 is $4 and adults events are a joint effort of the Uni University and was a Rhodes ing the district-wide free may accompany them for free. For versity ofSouth Florida, the Hillsbor Scholar at Pembroke College, choice plan. He also estab groups of 10 or more children, ad ough County Public Schools, the Oxford University. lished a nationally recog mission is $3 per child. Greater Tampa Chamber of Com The dinner is set for nized network of 24 alter Sponsors of the event are the merce and the Hillsborough Educa Nov. 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. native concept schools. USF College of Education Student tional Partnership Foundation. This Tickets are $100 per person. • The National Sym Council and the Hillsborough County is the first year that the University of Proceeds will benefit the phony Orchestra of Costa School System. South Florida has played an active Hillsborough Educational Part Rica will present a concert In case of rain, the festival will role in planning events for the week. nership Foundation Inc. and the Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. at Tampa be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. For The following is a list of events USF College of Education. For Theatre. The event perform more information, call Linder at ext. scheduled to celebrate American tickets call ext. 3400 or 272-4996. ance will benefit the Music 3460 or Doug Hatch at ext. 3390. Education Week. In Hillsborough County, the Scholarship Fund, which pro • USF's Educational Research • The Great American Teach-In events are a joint effort of the vides financial assistance to local Center for Child Development will will put hundreds of business pro- University of South Florida, the students with musical promise and be dedicated at 3 p.m. on Nov. 19. tnstaeu~r, Nov.~- 1~, l~~u IIIL------Acclaimed ''Civil War'' series will capture viewers

A vivid portrayal of the Civil researchers painstakingly compiled than anything our imaginations could War, the terrible conflict that once archival images of thousands of come up with," Burns said. "All we divided the United States, will soon photographs, taken from a total of had to do was to listen to it, and be broadcast on WUSF-TV, Chan one million pictures of the Civii War. arrange it in a way that would bring nel16. "The Civil War," an epic, 11- They also collected period paint back a generation lost in the great hour television event, will be aired ings, lithographs and newspaper pageantry of this War." beginning on Nov. 8 at 9 p.m. The headlines, combining them in the The series also contains first program will be run over eight con film with moving newsreel footage person quotes from the era, read by a secutive Thursdays, then repeated of veterans; live cinematography of chorus of celebrity voices. These on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. begin the now-quiet battle sites; and inter Filmmaker Ken include those of Sam Waterston, .ning Nov. 17. views with distinguished historians. Burns, seated, Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Jeremy "The Civil War" broke all rec Narrated by David McCull with Shelby Irons, Derek Jacobi, Morgan Free ords for the largest viewing audi ough, the drama also features sup Foote, author man, Garrison.Keillor, Kurt Von ence in a Public Broadcasting Serv plemental readings by Derek Jacobi; and principal negut, Arthur.Miller, Studs Terkel, ice (PBS) debut, according to pre Jeremy Irons; Kurt Vonnegut; Hoyt on-screen Colleen Dewhurst,' Paul Roebling, liminary PBS research. The Bay Area Axton; Pamela Reed; Ronnie Gilbert commentator George-Black, Chris-Murney, Char first had the opportunity to view the and Coleen Dewhurst. for "The Civil ley McDow~11, Horton Foote, George series on Sept. 23-27 on WEDU, Distinguished Southern novel War," Burns' Plimpton, Philip Bosco, Terry Cou Channel3. ist Shelby Foote is the series' princi epic 11-hour rier and Jody Powell, among others. Critics .attracted viewers across pal on-camera interview. The pro documentary Burns made ·a conscious deci gram will be Closed Captioned for the nation by describing the drama that is sion to bring the action close to the as "triumphant," "compelling" and the hearing impaired. scheduled to audience. "At a number of moments "landmark television." WUSF re Faced with the mammoth un be aired on in this film," he says, "you suspend ceived a large number of requests for dertaking of producing this docu WUSF, your belief that this is a photograph the series. mentary, Burns focused on main taken three weeks after the Battle at Channel16. "We're really excited. We're taining historical authenticity. He and Gettysburg. You actually have the waiting to see what happens as far as Ric Burns developed a production sensation of being there. When that the numbers go," said WUSF-TV strategy to avoid a contrived plot. ultimately using 3,000 in the film. Crittendon of Kentucky was proud happens, history is running on all Promotion Director Martha Cooper. Burns said, "It was our most Burns took no artistic license in of two sons who became Generals, cylinders." · "But this is mostly a service to view important wish that we allow the the production. "There's not a Hol one for the North, one for the South. General Motors is the sole cor ers; we can't wait to get it out there evidence of the past to tell its own lywood studio head who could in "Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was porate underwriter of "The Civil to them." story, whether it was through a pho vent the stories the War has to tell," wounded three times as a Union War." Foundation underwriters are "The Civil War" was five years tograph or an excerpt from a soldier's Burns said. soldier. His father came to find him the National Endowment for the in the making, longer than it took to diary, either of which might have He cited examples: "The little after learning his son was wounded, Humanities; the Corporation for actually fight the War. With this spoken volumes on what had hap town of Winchester, Virginia didn't find him, and left grieving on Public Broadcasting; the Arthur work, filmmaker Ken Burns has pened." changed hands 72 times. A Confed the first train home. That train was a Vining Davis Foundations; and the assembled what is likely the most He said the team collected erate major bombarded a Union flo hospital train, and it was there that John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur ambitious and comprehensive his newspaper headlines from 160 tilla in Texas, only to board the Union the two were reunited. Foundation. WETA, Washington, tory of the War ever put on film. sources. They studied 50,000 photo boat and find his son, a federal lieu "Over and over again, the au D.C. is the originating station for the Burns and his small team of graphs and shot 16,000 of them, tenant, on deck, dying. Senator thentic record is more compelling documentary. Phone service to be sus·pended Nov. 17 Starting at noon on Saturday, forwarding and speed dialing will Nov. 17, GTE will move all of be canceled, and must be restored CPR Certification Discount tickets are not sold at the Walt Disney USF"s "974" numbers from the Nov. 19, when you return to work. World theme parks. present remote service unit to a Ifthese functions are required over Course offered An additional bonus for Pleasure Island is now host system. This will permit the the weekend, they may be restored included. The theme park admission ticket has a university to continue adding lines after 8 a.m. Nov. 17. USF (Tampa campus) Student Health Services coupon for admission to Pleasure Island for only to its system during the next two In emergency areas, such as will offer the American Red Cross' Community $6.50 (plus tax). This is a $3.45 savings off the years while a new telephone sys police, fire and medical emer CPR Certification Course from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on regular admission. tem is installed. gency, GTE has agreed to restore Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 13 and 14, 1990. At Disney-MOM Studios Theme Park, tour There will be no telephone the lines as well as the call for This eight-hour course teaches mouth to mouth behind the scenes of a real working studio back-lot. number changes. However, ifyou warding on a priority basis. Ifyou breathing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and See your favorite characters and ride the many excit have a "974" number, your serv feel your service area requires a care for an obstructed airway for the adult and infant. ing attractions at the Magic Kingdom. At EPCOT, ice will be interrupted between restoration priority, please con Cost of the course is $14, (payable at class). visit the many pavilions in the World Showcase and midnight and 8 a.m. on Nov. 17. tact Emmet A. Clary or Virgil Class size is limited. For registration information, enjoy the new future world pavilion--Wonders of All software features such as call Colden at ext. 2143. contact the Health Education Department of Student Life. Health Services at ext. 4936. Film and video catalog Donations needed for published Thanksgiving baskets The Film and Video Distribution Department has The USF Black Faculty and Staff Association recently published a comprehensive catalog of its film will be giving Thanksgiving food baskets to needy and video holdings. The catalogs are available in SVC families. They are asking for donations of non-per 056 or by calling ext. 2874. Films and videotapes are ishable items. These donations may be given toWanda available for circulation in USF academically accred Mundy, ADM 151, ext. 2 151 or Clara Cobb, ADM ited courses at no charge. In addition, the department Policy· on admission 264, ext. 4018. has two screening facilities so that individuals may freezes is in the works preview any of the films and/or videotapes in the Disney World offers collection. There have been news reports that USF is going to suspend all new admissions for the spring term. Is this true? discounts to USF Search committee

There have been such reports. Some news coverage suggested that USF employees formed to select St. Pete and the State University System were uncertain and confused about this During University of South Florida Days, matter. We were. There were conversations and speculations on the cam November 2-I 2, 1990, at the Disney Theme Parks, Dean puses that led to news queries and stories before there were decisions and you, your family and friends can save up to $1 1.75 USF Provost Gerry Meisels has formed a 13- policies. per person. For one low price you receive a one-day person committee to conduct a national search for a Now, decisions have been made and there are about to be policies. ticket valid at the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT Center permanent campus dean at USF St. Petersburg. Meisels USF's decision is to continue business as usual in accepting students for the or Disney-MGM Studios, and complimentary park named Dr. G. Michael Killenberg as chairman of the spring. The policy may be set by the Board of Regents as you read this. At ing. This exclusive ticket is only $21 per person committee. The committee is devising a job descrip its meeting today (Nov. 2), the Board may decide to suspend January (ages 3 and up) and includes tax. A $.50 service tion, and advertisements for the position will be sent admission of transfer students from out of state. charge has been added. Tickets are available at the out in early November, Killenberg said. The deadline New students at USF last January included 1,087 junior college trans USFUniversity Center Information Desk, Mond.ay date for accepting applications is tentatively set for fers, 576 other transfers, ·750 graduate students and 126 freshmen. Thursday from 8 am. to 11 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. Jan. 15, 1991. A new campus dean is expected to be to noon, Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and Sunday named by the end of spring, and be on the job by mid Please send your questions to Q&A, Inside USF, ADM 264. from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. summer, Killenberg said.

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