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WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Volume 22, Number 9 October 26, 1995 Ceremony for science Hampton 'makes a difference' as loaned executive project is Friday "See, you can make a difference" is a United Way campaign theme that Bobette Officials will ceremonially Hampton has taken to heart. She's already break ground for the $45.3 million VVorking around the planning how to make a difference long Science Research Pavilion and new schedule of one of the after her work as a United Way loaned Wood Hall at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. public schools on her executive is over. 27, on the campus pedestrian mall, "beat," Bobette Hamp- Hampton, Office of the Vice President opposite the Lee Honors College. ton made a recent after- for Research, is one of 15 Kalamazoo area A major gift for the project will school presentation to employees "loaned" by their employers to be announced as part of the the faculty and staff at the Greater Kalamazoo United Way for a program. Participants will include: VVestMiddle School in 12-week stint as full-time campaign coor- President Haenicke; Lana L. Boldi Portage. Hampton is dinators in the United Way's annual fund- of Kentwood, chairperson of the one of 15 area execu- raising efforts. The loaned executive pro- Board of Trustees; Richard G. tives loaned by their gram provides the United Way with a pro- Carlson, chairperson of the WMU employers to help en· fessional staff of persons who can make Foundation and managing director sure the success of this campaign presentations and assist local of real estate services for Deloitte year's Greater Kala- firms, schools and agencies as they mount Touche in Chicago; James Baird of mazoo United VVay their individual United Way campaigns. Holabird & Root of Chicago, the campaign. She says she This year, the loaned executives are help- project architects; and Dean likes to borrow a time- ing the United Way work toward a $6.9 Douglas P. Ferraro, arts and honored teaching tool million goal. sciences. - the pop quiz - to Hampton, who has long been active get her school-based with youth groups and the choir at the audiences thinking Trustees to meet Allen Chapel AME Church, says that al- about the local impact The Board of Trustees will meet though she is very familiar with commu- of United VVay. at II a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, in the nity service efforts sponsored by her own Board Room of the Bernhard and other churches, her United Way ex- Center. perience has been an eye-opener in as- Agenda items include a sessing the level of resources the com- recommendation regarding an munity needs to take care of its citizens. "That was so hurtful and shocking to Hampton's United Way days since that evaluation and compensation for It's a lesson learned in a painful way, me," she recalls. "I often had wondered orientation have been hectic. She was as- President Haenicke. The trustees says Hampton, who was deeply moved about what happened to many of the young signed to assist fund-raising efforts in the also will consider program revision when she encountered former members of people I worked with in the past. I now educational and professional areas of the requests and a capital outlay her church youth group at a local soup realize a church can't do all that needs to be community. She works with staff members budget request for 1996-97, which kitchen. Many of the young people with done, especially for young people. The 56 in local public and parochial schools, will be submitted to the Michigan whom she has worked have grown up and United Way agencies pick up the people Kalamazoo, Davenport and Kalamazoo Department of Management and drifted away from the church, and she had who fall through the cracks and need the Valley Community colleges as well as in Budget. lost track of them. When she and fellow community's help." the offices oflocal architects, accountants, Committee meetings will loaned executives served meals to the The Ministry with Community stop was attorneys, engineers and members of the precede the full board meeting in homeless at Ministry with Community as just one of five United Way agencies the medical profession. She also helped out 204 Bernhard Center. Times are: part of their United Way orientation, she executives visited for an in-depth look at with the Upjohn Co.'s internal campaign. Budget and Finance Committee, discovered 10of the 189 people they served how the organization serves the community. Last-minute schedule changes, filling 9:45 a.m.; and Academic and that day were former members of her youth Before that they received a thorough brief- in for a loaned executive who was injured Student Affairs Committee, 10:30 group. ing on the names and missions of United and accommodating spur-of-the-moment a.m. All meetings are open to the One was a very sick young man and she Way agencies. requests from local firms and schools mean public. questioned him about his illness. He "You really have no appreciation until she has to remain flexible. grabbed her by both shoulders and said, you see what they do," she says. "Every- "You have to learn to roll with the "Miss Bobette, I have AIDS." He also told thing really begins to make sense when you punches and work with the client's sched- Paper Tech members her the meal she was serving him would be get out into the community and interact ule," she says. "There's no such thing as a here for gathering the only hot meal he would have that day. with the agency personnel and their clients." typical day." Throughout the busy campaign, how- The Paper Technology Founda- tion will conduct its 36th annual Sky Broncos soar tofirst place in regional meet, (Continued on page four) meeting on campus Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27. land berth in national competition this spring The foundation is dedicated to WMU's precision flying team, the Sky positions, respectively. paper industry education and Broncos, captured first place in the recent The competition consisted of five ground Did you know? research. Last year, it provided National Intercollegiate Flying Associa- events and four flying events. WMU flyers • For the third time in the past six nearly $136,000 in scholarships for tion Region III competition, earning a berth won four of the ground events and three of years, WMU Department of The- more than 100 students in WMU's in next spring's. national finals. the flying events. Serbenski says 13 of the atre students have won awards at paper science and printing engi- The Sky Broncos took first place, win- 14 team members finished with top 10 the National Stage Combatants neering programs. ning seven of the nine events in the re- standings. annual workshop in Las Vegas. The meeting will feature two gional competition Oct. 10-14 at Kent State Outstanding performances were turned John Scheidler '91, Dan Lemieux presentations by David J. Cooper, University. This is the third consecutive in by Deckerville senior Ryan C. Seiler, '92 and Tim Bell '95 have all a consultant with the American year the team has captured the regional with three firsts and a second place finish; received the Best Male Combat- Forest and Paper Association, as title. Winning the event means the 14- Royal Oak senior Charleen L. Long, with ant Award. well as a tour of the paper pilot member team will move on to national two firsts and a third place finish; Niles • WMU has some 45 miles of plant. competition in Daytona Beach, Fla., next junior Paul R. Clopton Jr. with a first place underground cable for telecom- April. The region's second place finisher, finish; and Athens senior Patrick L. Denney munications that carries an aver- Ohio State Universi ty, also won the right to and Northville senior Stewart W. Kissinger, age of 6,000 long distance calls Solar seminar set compete at nationals. who shared a first place finish in addition per day and 12,500 local calls per to their other placings. Faculty and staff members are "This was the closest regional event day. The main switchboard In last year's national competition, the invited to join alumni and friends I've ever been involved in," says Mark A. handles an average of 1,200 calls Sky Broncos finished third and Serbenski in learning more about solar power Serbenski, the WMU team coach. "I think per day. that this team, with work, has every po- was named "Coach of the Year." It marked from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, • WMU's cast metals program is the fourth time in the past five years the team in the Engineering Lab of tential for winning the national champi- one of only 27 in North America has finished in the top three in the nation. Kohrman Hall. onship." accredited by the Foundry Educa- Student coaches of this year's team are Fred Sitkins, industrial and WMU edged out Ohio State, a top rank- tional Foundation, the educational Bryon M. Bourgeois and Wesley T. Miller, manufacturing engineering, will ing national team with about 90 percent of arm of the industry and of the both seniors and members of last year's join members of the Sunseeker 95 its contingent returning for this year's com- American Foundrymen' s Society. Sky Broncos team. race team to give a closer look at petition, Serbenski says. He credits the Sky WMU has a fully equipped cast WMU's School of Aviation Sciences WMU's solar-powered car.