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VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY http://www.unirel.vt.edu/spectrum/ VOLUME 22 NUMBER 22 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2000 NASA’s Digital Earth Project focus of Virginia Tech program By David Nutter yet know today how this information will be NASA’s digital mapping of the Earth’s used tomorrow,” Galbraith said. “We want surface and its willingness to share that to tap into the creativity, talent, and innovation information with the faculty and students at of the faculty members, students and staff Virginia Tech and other universities will be the members at Virginia Tech to explore how focus of a half-day program on Tuesday, Feb. this data can be used to benefit society.” 29. The symposium is sponsored by the The program begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Department of Crops and Soil Environmental Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center Sciences (http://clic.cses.vt.edu/) and the and will end at 12:30 p.m. The program is free Virginia Tech Office of Geographic and open to all interested persons. Information Systems and Remote Sensing “DEVELOP, the Digital Earth Virtual program (OGIS) (http://www.fw.vt.edu/ogis/ Environment and Learning Outreach Project, ). Information abut the DEVELOP program is designed to take the data NASA has generated can be reached at DEVELOP (http:// from its global-survey initiative and put that develop.larc.nasa.gov). out to people and develop new ways to us it,” Students from Virginia Tech CAVE said John Galbraith, an assistant professor in student user group will participate in the crop and soil environmental sciences and project program to talk about ways to utilize the leader. NASA data in a virtual environment. The The Digital Earth Workbench provides views of Earth-related information. (NASA) “This project is like the Internet. We don’t (See DIGITAL EARTH on 4) General Assembly money committees meet to discuss budget By Ralph Byers, age of 3.5 percent across the system. This is for capital outlay, including $10 million to ences between the House and Senate oper- director of government relations expected to keep institutions at the 60th percen- continue the Upper Quad project at Virginia ating proposals for Virginia Tech. The ma- As the 2000 General Assembly passed tile of their peer Tech. The House, on jor amendment on both sides is for critical its halfway mark, the so-called money com- groups. The Senate the other hand, has operating support; the Senate includes $1.5 mittees met on February 20 to unveil their also recommended an adopted a bill call- million per year; the corresponding figure recommendations for changes and additions increase in classified ing for a General Ob- in the House is $1.1 million. Amendments to the Governor James Gilmore’s introduced employees’ salaries to ligation Bond of funded on both sides include the Alexandria budget. Transportation, mental health, and reach the 3.5-percent about $300 million Research Institute ($500,000 per year) and teacher’s salaries were considered the prior- level. The House did for higher education the Unique Military Allowance ($200,000 ity issues for additional funding. not address this issue that would be ap- per year, Senate; $90,000 per year, House). For higher education, this meant mod- but recommended proved by the voters Amendments found only in the Senate in- est increases over Gilmore’s recommenda- certain benefit in- in the fall. This bill clude the Minority Academic Opportunities tions. For example, the Senate Finance Com- creases for state work- includes $15 million Program (($100,000 per year), the Center mittee recommended $47 million in increased ers. for the Upper Quad for Coal and Energy Research ($75,000 per operating support for all of higher education A major differ- and $1.5 million for year), and Agriculture Specialists ($50,000 for the two year period; $10.8 million of this ence between the the Livestock Teach- per year). was directed to community-college House and the Senate ing Arena. For the Amendments funded only by the House workforce training, leaving about $18 mil- for higher education past several years the include student financial aid ($1.8 million lion per year to be divided among the 16 is the treatment of Senate has declined for the biennium), the Equine Medical Cen- other institutions. capital outlay. The to approve similar ter ($200,000 for the biennium), and a study Both the House and Senate chose to Senate recommended GENERAL ASSEMBLY bond proposals. commission on rural prosperity ($150,000 increase faculty salaries above the 2.4 per- about $103 million in UPDATE There were a for the biennium). The House also included cent recommended by Gilmore, to an aver- General Fund support number of differ- (See MONEY on 4) National Reading Day activities scheduled MIT joins By Catherine Doss community will be participating in the event, America Counts tutoring program, a federal More than 400 students from six which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in work-study initiative that pays undergraduates ETD project regional elementary schools will be visiting Owens Banquet Hall. These include members to providing one-on-one reading tutoring to By Susan Trulove campus Thursday, March 2 to participate in of the Corps of Cadets, student athletes, Alpha youngsters in local schools. Virginia Tech’s Ann J. Wolpert, director of libraries at Virginia Tech’s first National Reading Day Phi sorority, the Key Club, Circle K, the Alumni Service Learning Center helps OSFA administer the Massachusetts Institute of Technology program. Coordinated through the Office of Association, and many faculty and staff the program, which currently has more than 50 (MIT), announced in January that MIT is Scholarships and Financial Aid (OSFA), the members. students enrolled. joining the Networked Digital Library of event is designed to bring together “We are so pleased with the depth and “We get a lot of positive feedback from Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD). Based at elementary-school students and university breadth of activities that will be taking place,” elementary-school teachers who tell us how Virginia Tech, the NDLTD is an initiative to faculty and staff members and students for a Schoenhoff said. “Interest within the campus much the work-study students have helped in increase the availability of student research day of reading and other activities. community has been overwhelming.” their classrooms,” Schoenhoff said. “It’s for scholars and to preserve it electronically; “We want to promote the fact that Volunteers, including a number of student mutually beneficial because the students who the organization has an international mem- reading is fun and impress upon them the athletes, will read and interact with the students. participate gain experience and a deep bership of 78 universities/libraries. practical applications of reading,” said Holly Other activities will include making bookmarks, satisfaction that they have made a difference in Virginia Tech led the nation in 1996 Schoenhoff, OSFA federal work-study sock puppets, and a storybook quilt. some youngsters’ lives.” when it required graduate students to post coordinator. The event is being organized and conducted For more information, contact Keith Hevey theses and dissertations on the Internet. Since Dozens of volunteers from the campus by members of the Virginia Tech America Reads/ at 552-8314 or Jennifer Erling at 553-3079. then there has been a growing movement in (See MIT on 4) 2 SPECTRUM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2000 ACTIVITIES

Tuesday, 29 Botany, 4 p.m., 1076 Derring: Leonard Pysh, Roanoke. EVENTS CEUT Workshop, 2-4:30 p.m. Hillcrest: “Speaking Across STS, 4 p.m., 132 Lane: Rose-Mary Sargent, Merrimack. Friday, 25 the Curriculum.” Women’s Month Program, noon-1:30 p.m., Hillcrest Theatre Event, 8 p.m., Squires Studio Theatre. Rhinoceros. Monday, 28 dining room: Muriel Lederman, Bernice Hausman, Rebecca Horticulture, 4 p.m., 101 Saunders: Tom Saunders, Scheckler, Leslie Graham. MARCH Saunders Bros. Nursery. Black History Month Program, 7-9:30 p.m., Squires Colonial Hall: Angela Davis. Wednesday, 1 Tuesday, 29 Student Recital, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Jackie Salary and Wage Paydate. Electrical/Computer Engineering, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 300 Wells. Men’s Basketball, 7 p.m., Cassell Coliseum: LaSalle. Whittemore: Ira Jacobs. Theatre Event, 8 p.m., Squires Studio Theatre. “With Good Reason,” 7 p.m., WVTF: Topic TBA. Rhinoceros. MARCH Thursday, 2 Saturday, 26 YMCA Slide Show, noon, Cranwell Center: Jenny Golding. Wednesday, 1 Student Recital, 3 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Tim CEUT workshop, 3-5:30 p.m., Hillcrest: Peter Doolittle ESM, 4 p.m., 110 Randolph: John Duke Jr. Galyen. CEUT program, 3-5:30 p.m. Library Classroom B: Fun STS, 4 p.m., 132 Lane: Sue Hagedorn. Black History Month Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Owens With GenBank. Horticulture Gardens, 7 p.m., Greenhouse classroom: Banquet Hall. Women’s Month Program, 7:30 p.m., Lyric Theatre: Ubaka New River Symphony, 8 p.m., Burruss auditorium. Hill. Thursday, 2 Theatre Event, 8 p.m., Squires Studio Theatre. Statistics, 3:45 p.m., 409 Hutcheson, Raj Singh and Rhinoceros. Friday, 3 Howard Hogan. Women’s Basketball, Time TBA: At Philadelphia, A-10 Geological Sciences, 4 p.m., 4069 Derring: Christian Sunday, 27 Tournament. Teyssier, Minnesota. YMCA Hike, 1:30 p.m., 403 Washington St.: Laurel Plant Physiology, 4 p.m., 102 Saunders: David Drahos, Creek. SEMINARS Sybron Chemical. Men’s Basketball, 2 p.m.: At Duquesne. Theatre Event, 2 p.m., Squires Studio Theatre. Friday, 25 Friday, 3 Rhinoceros. Highlands in Chemistry, 11 a.m., 3 Davidson: George Highlands in Chemistry, 11 a.m., 3 Davidson: Bruce Women’s Basketball, 2 p.m.: At Dayton. Stanley, LSU. Moyer, Oak Ridge. Student Recital, 3 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Johnathan MCBB, noon, 102 Fralin: Ross Whetten, N.C. State. MCBB, noon, 102 Fralin: Christopher Hogue, SLARI. Shachter, Kelly Corbett. Communication Studies, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Hillcrest Statistics, 3:45 p.m., 409 Hutcheson: Raj Singh and Student Recital, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Jaime conference room: Matt McAllister. Howard Hogan. Williams.

Leave donations requested BULLETINS choice questions will be provided; however the majority of An employee in recreational sports has requested a leave time will be spent discussing practical questions of participants. donation. There is also a Physical Plant employee who has For more information, please call the Women’s Center at 1-7806. This workshop is designed as a follow-up to the “Writing requested leave donations. Better Multiple-choice Questions”; however attendance at Leave donations received after the employee’s eligibility CEUT plans workshops this preceding workshop is not required. status changes (such as, return to work, disability retirement, The Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching will To register for either workshop, go to http:// retirement, etc.) will be returned to the donor in accordance present two workshops next week. “Student Presentations: www.ceut.vt.edu. with established Personnel procedures. However, leave Speaking Across the Curriculum” will be Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2- donations must be offered to either a specific individual or 4:30 or Tuesday, March 28, 2:30-4 p.m., in Hillcrest. Presenters Program discusses feminist pedagogy area. will be Rachel Holloway and Marlene Preston Four faculty members will present a Women’s Month The workshop Tuesday, Feb. 29, from 2-4:40 p.m. in program Monday, February 28, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Ubaka Hill to perform Hillcrest will assist teachers who want to create opportunities for Hillcrest dining room. Program is titled “Feminist Pedagogy The Women’s Center, in association with Women’s students to explain what they know, and will address many Across the Disciplines.” Panelists will be Muriel Lederman, Month 2000 will present a performance by Ubaka Hill at the aspects of formal and informal presentations: building the biology; Bernice Hausman, English; Rebecca Scheckler, Lyric Theatre on Thursday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. Admission assignment, clarifying expectations, assisting students with instructional technology; and Leslie Graham, electrical and is free. Hill has been a nationally known performer for over 20 planning and delivery, and evaluating. It will be presented by computer engineering. years, a teacher of drumming, and recording artist. Rachel Holloway and Marlene Preston. There will be ample time for questions and discussion. She is the founder of the Drumsong Institute Museum “Evaluating Multiple-Choice Questions: A Working Session” Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch; beverages and and Archive of Women’s Drumming Traditions based in will be presented by Peter Doolittle Thursday, March 2, from 3 cookies provided. Catskill, N.Y. Hill performs solo concerts as well with her to 5:30 p.m. The workshop is designed to be a working session For more information, call Muriel Lederman at 1.5702 or ensemble Shape Shifters and is the musical director of the where participants discuss and evaluate their own and others’ e-mail [email protected]. Drumsong Orchestra, a national women’s drumming orchestra. multiple-choice questions. A brief introduction to multiple- Nationally known advising Gallaudet dancers to perform By Catherine Doss jazz, and sign-language dance. The company The Gallaudet Dance Company (GDC) has performed throughout the United States as consultant to speak here will perform “Forty-five Years of Deaf Dance,” well as France, Israel, Canada, Denmark, Peru, Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m. in Squires Haymarket Costa Rica, Barbados, Guatemala, and the By Catherine Doss publications, she co-authored the textbook used Theatre. The performance is free and open to Bahamas. Virginia Gordon, nationally known expert for the course. the public on a first-come, first-served seating The performance is sponsored by on developmental advising in higher education, The concept of developmental advising basis. Interpreting and Sensory Loss Services, a unit of will speak at Tuesday, Feb. 29, at 1:30 p.m. in focuses on facilitating students to become more The GDC is a performing group of 15 Virginia Tech’s Dean of Students Office and is made possible through affirmative-action- 150 Squires. The presentation is free and open independent by advising them on a variety of dancers who are all students at Gallaudet incentive and student-affairs programming to all faculty members and advisors. issues in addition to helping them plan their University, the world’s only accredited liberal arts university for deaf and hard of hearing grants. Interpreting and Sensory Loss Services Gordon is a former president of the academic course schedules. students. Some of the dancers had dance provides educational access to students who are National Academic Advising Association and Gordon’s visit is part of the university’s experience before attending Gallaudet, while deaf or hard of hearing. These services include writes extensively on developmental and career on-going focus on enhancing undergraduate others started dancing after they entered the interpreting, note taking, telecommunications advising. She is an adjunct associate professor student advising. Her visit is sponsored by the university. Every dancer in the company has a devices for the deaf (TDD’s), and assistive in the College of Education at Ohio State Office of the Provost, University Studies, and hearing loss of some degree. Regardless, they listening devices (ALD’s). University, where she teaches undergraduate- the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate are all excellent communicators and rely on Anyone requiring special accommodations and graduate-level courses in vocational theory Teaching. vision as their primary mode of communication. to attend the dance performance should contact and practice, academic advising, and adult For more information, contact Cheryl Begun in 1955 as a recreational dance Connie Wilkinson at 1-4499 or 1-1740 (TTY), or e-mail her at [email protected]. For more education. She supervises instructors of Adkins at 1-6122 or by e-mail at club, the GDC has earned critical acclaim over information about interpreting and sensory-loss academic and career-planning courses for [email protected]. the years and now performs a variety of dance forms, including modern dance, tap, ballet, services at Virginia Tech, visit http:// undergraduate students. Among her many www.dos.vt.edu/SSD/default.html. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2000 SPECTRUM 3 EMPLOYMENT The following classified positions are CLASSIFIED POSITIONS Air Transportation Services. currently available. More details of these po- Laboratory Specialist, U7577M, Grade sitions, specific application procedures and 8, Biochemistry. tive Chef, 1781H, Grade 10, Residential/Din- Sheet Metal Worker, 7562C, Grade 7, position-closing dates may be found on the Program Support Technician Senior, ing Programs/Dietrick Dining Hall. Physical Plant. Personnel Services web site at http:// 7544G, Grade 7, Physical Plant/Utilities. Housekeeping Supervisor, 7571G, Student Programs Coordinator, www.ps.vt.edu. Available positions are also Off Campus Grade 4, Physical Plant. LC063D, Grade 12, Alumni Relations. listed on the Job Line, a 24-hour recorded Evening Announcer, 1962D, Grade 8, Housekeeping Worker, 0171H, Grade Part Time message service. For information on all job WVTF. 1, Residential/Dining Programs. Banquet/Setup (Foa-b), W022143G, listings, call 1-5300. Some of the following Program Support Technician, 7543J, Housekeeping Worker, 7261G, Grade Grade 2, DBHCC. positions include state benefits. Positions with Grade 6, NVC—Computer Science. 1, Recreational Sports. Executive Secretary, W022984T, numbers beginning with a “W” are hourly and Program Support Technician, 5435M, Housekeeping Worker, 7572C, Grade Grade 6, University Leadership Develop- do not include state benefits. Individuals with Grade 6, Virginia Cooperative Extension— 1, Physical Plant. ment. disabilities desiring assistance or accommo- Nelson County. Installation and Repair Technician, Food Operations Manager A (Assis- dation in the application process should call Secretary Senior, 5783M, Grade 5, LC073G, Grade 8, Hokie Passport. tant Manager, operations), W022990H, by the application deadline. Virginia Cooperative Extension— Mechanical Engineer, 1198G, Grade 12, Grade 8, Residential/ Dining Programs/Per- Closing date for advertised positions is Mecklenburg County. Physical Plant. sonal Touch Catering. 1 p.m. Monday. An EO/AA employer com- Office Services Specialist, 1945J, Grade mitted to diversity. Housekeeping Worker, W020574G, 5, Near Environments. Grade 1, DBHCC. FACULTY POSITIONS Office Services Specialist, 0242H, Housekeeping Worker, W022490H, Full Time INSTRUCTIONAL Grade 5, Residential/Dining Programs/Culi- Grade 1, Residential and Dining Programs. Animal Care Technician C, 2639M, Department of Aerospace and Ocean nary Services Administration. Office Services Assistant, 1075T, Grade 7, Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Engineering. Assistant/Associate Profes- Office Services Specialist (Motor Pool Grade 4, Center for Interdisciplinary Stud- Applications Analyst, 7354D, Grade 0, sor. Contact: Bernard Grossman, 215 Dispatcher), 7560T, Grade 5, Motor Pool. ies. Computing Center. Randolph (0203). Review begins May 1. Office Services Specialist/Unit Secre- Office Services Specialist, W022980, Boiler Operator Assistant, 338C, Grade NON-INSTRUCTIONAL tary, 0148, Grade 5, Residential/Dining Pro- Grade 5, University Registrar. 4, Power Plant. University Unions and Student Ac- grams/Dietrick Dining Center. Office Services Specialist, Budget Analyst, 6935T, Grade 10, Bud- tivities. Student Activities Program Coor- Operating Systems Analyst, 1244D, W022275G, Grade 5, Health Center. get/Financial Planning. dinator. Contact: Alan Glick, 325 Squires Grade 0, AIS. Program Support Technician, Budget Manager, 7567T, Grade 14, (0138). Review begins March 27. Plumber/Steamfitter, 7278H, Grade 7, W022188T, Grade 6, AIS/HRIS Team. Budget/Financial Planning. Mobile and Portable Radio Research Residential/Dining Programs/Facilities. Public Relations Assistant Special- Business Development Liason (Pub- Group. Research Associate Professor/ Program Support Technican, 1421D, ist/Web Designer, W022976H, Grade 8, lic Relations Specialist), 7568J, Grade 10, Research Assistant Professor/Research Grade 6, University Development. Residential and Dining Programs/Market- MPRRG. Associate. Contact: Jeffrey Reed, 432 NEB Program Support Technician, 7566J, ing/Conference Services. Carpenter, 7563G, Grade 7, Physical (0350). Review begins immediately. Grade 6, Mechanical Engineering. Radiologic Technologist, Plant. Residential and Dining Programs. Program Support Technician, 6137T, W022238G, Grade 7, Health Center. Development Program Researcher, Residence Director. Contact: Gail Kirby, Grade 6, CAS. Starter/Marsall/Shop Attendant (Of- 7556D, Grade 9, University Development. 109 E. Eggleston (0428). Review begins Public Relations Assistant Specialist, fice Services Aide), W022113G, Grade 2, Electrical Supervisor (B&G Supervi- March 13. 4492J, Grade 8, Center for Transportation Golf Course. sor A), 340G, Grade 9, Physical Plant. Virginia Cooperative Extension. Ag- Research. Trades/Utilities Worker (Trades Electrician, 7565G, Grade 7, Physical riculture and Natural Resources Exten- Public Relations Specialist, 7549J, Helper), W022966H, Grade 3, Residen- Plant. sion Agent. #FA676, Commercial Horticul- Grade 10, Center for Transportation Research. tial/Dining Programs/Facilities. Executive Secretary, 7576J, Grade 6, ture, Southampton. Contact: Steve Umberger, Recruiter, 7570D, Grade 10, Personnel University Only MPRRG. 122 Hutcheson (0437). Review begins March Services. Command Pilot, U2129T, Grade 14, Executive Secretary Senior, 2407M, 13. Grade 7, Biological Systems Engineering. Fiscal Technician, 7193J, Grade 6, MSE Fiscal Technician Senior, 4190J, Grade NEWS COMMENTARY 8, Sponsored Programs. Five full-time food-operations positions available; two part-time positions. Food Operations Manager A (Sous An Inclusive Graduate Community Chef), 6508G, Grade 8, DBHCC. (Editor’s note: In last week’s issue, Spec- lated decisions have serious implications for in higher education is alarming. The Southern Food Operations Manager B/Execu- trum reported that Virginia Tech has been rec- universities in other states. Polls conducted in Regional Education Board reports that “[o]ne- tive Chef, 0837H, Grade 10, Residential/ ognized for the number of doctoral degrees it has several large cities have shown widespread sup- fourth of college students are people of color, Programs/West End Market. but only one out of every 30 faculty members Food Operations Manager B/Execu- conferred on African Americans, Alaska natives, port for some kind of approach to equity that American Indians, and Hispanics. The following does not involve preferences or quotas. Affir- at predominantly white institutions is a person commentary discusses the on-going implications mative action, previously an issue that received of color.” For the sake of our future genera- of diversity in the graduate community,) broad and bi-partisan political support nation- tions, we must take advantage of the entire By Benjamin Dixon, vice president for ally, has become a factor that can affect local talent pool, not just those from majority groups. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE INIVERSITY multicultural affairs; and Leonard K. Peters, and national elections.” But the most obvious reasons for diver- Spectrum, a faculty-staff tabloid, is published each vice provost for research and dean of the Gradu- A fundamental question is: Why should a sity, as far as we as researchers and scholars Friday during the academic year, with the exception of ate School graduate student body be inclusive, or be di- are concerned are the contributions that indi- certain holidays, exam weeks, and the summer. Copy deadline is noon Friday. No advertising is accepted. Discussions of diversity in higher educa- verse? The reasons are several. Most basic is viduals with different experiences and percep- Spectrum is a non-profit publication of the Office of tion have taken several paths over the last couple that it is morally and ethically the right thing to tions bring to the breadth and quality of our University Relations: Lawrence G. Hincker, associate vice president for University Relations; David Nutter, associate of decades. Description designations, which have do. As a practical matter, increasingly more scholarship. There are significant examples of director for Public Affairs. been neither precise nor precisely analogous, employers expect workers entering from gradu- this. The physics community in the United Editor have included diversity, multiculturalism, affir- ate school to be able to function effectively in States benefited enormously from the influx of John Ashby, 1-6961 mative action, inclusiveness, etc. We think the multi-cultural and multi-national environments. Eastern Europeans in the early part of the 20th Assistant Editor phrase “an inclusive academic community” cap- Essentially, it is a matter of providing all gradu- Century. It is not an exaggeration to state that Christian Moody, 1-8538 tures the essence of a vision and a goal, one that ate students access to a quality educational our understanding and supremacy in nuclear

Production Manager is based on equity, fairness, and integrity. experience that opens vistas and opportunities physics was built on the minds of an immigrant Melinda Shaver, 1-8524 The Council of Graduate Schools, of which that go much beyond the experiences and ben- community. Certainly, they were predomi- nately white and male; but, they were part of Business Manager Virginia Tech is a member, noted in a policy efits of undergraduate programs. A diverse 1-8819 statement on inclusiveness nearly three years graduate education can prepare and unleash minority communities and were relegated to the most menial tasks in our mills and facto- Letters to the editor and questions for "Ask Spectrum" ago that: talent, which is not necessarily measured just by should be addressed to the editor, 105 Media Building, “[a]ffirmative action has become a major GRE scores, and can develop role models for ries, as Upton Sinclair chronicled in his novel, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061. topic of discussion for higher education. In Cali- the next generation of students. The Jungle. Electronic Spectrum: http://www.vt.edu:10021/admin/ eoaa/index.html. fornia, the regents of the University of California Market demands tell us that it makes little There are more current examples of the Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employ- have excluded race and gender as factors in sense economically to maintain graduate edu- contributions that diversity in a scholarly com- ees, students, or applicants on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran sta- admission. In Maryland, the Fourth Circuit Court cation programs that ignore a large fraction of munity bring to the quality and breadth of our tus, national origin, religion, or political affiliation. Any- of Appeals eliminated race-based scholarships. our population, particularly as we run headlong scholarship. We are enriched when history is one having questions concerning discrimination or ac- cessibility regarding the programs described in this news- In Texas, the Hopwood decision in the Fifth into the labor force needs of the Information interpreted from diverse views. Eastern civili- paper should contact the Equal Opportunity Affirmative Circuit Court of Appeals barred the use of race as Age. Looking at an older and on-going ex- zation and African American studies comple- Action Office: 540-231-7500 (v), 540-231-9460 (TTY). a factor in admission decisions. These and re- ample, the paucity of minority faculty members (See INCLUSIVE on 4) 4 SPECTRUM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2000 IN OTHER NEWS English colloquy VMRCVM builds series scheduled Department of Marketing academic exchange By Sally Harris The Virginia Tech English Department ranked twentieth in articles relationships Colloquy Series has been scheduled for By Sookhan Ho see our strong placement, particularly in view of By Jeffrey Douglas Thursdays at 3:3O p.m. in 120 Williams (unless The Department of Marketing was ranked otherwise noted), with speakers as follows: the quality of the schools ranked ‘near’ us.” The Virginia-Maryland Regional College 20th in a quantitative survey of articles authored April 6: Bruce Watson, instructor in the The department had 53 published articles; of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) continues Department of English, will discuss “Blade, by faculty members in five major marketing the University of Pennsylvania led with 150. to build relationships with veterinary colleges Race Relations, and the Ever-Changing journals during the 1984-99 period. The list Nakamoto said each author received credit for throughout the Americas through several Vampire Myth. comprised 175 schools, primarily universities an article unless more than one author was at the academic agreements and its World Health April 10: Bradley Lewis, English and in the United States, but it included institutions same school, in which case the school was Organization Collaborating Center for Science and Technology Studies, will discuss in Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the counted only once. Also, the school affiliation Veterinary Education in Management and Public “Should Ivanov Listen to Prozac? Or The Middle East. listed in the article for each author was used, Health. Cultural Politics of Biopsychiatry” Monday, Department Head Kent Nakamoto said the regardless of where the author now teaches. Academic exchange agreements with the April 10, at 4 p.m. in DBCHCC room C. survey, conducted by Joe Cote, a Washington The five journals are Journal of Marketing, University of Austral in Valdivia are also gaining April 13: Mihaela Constantinescu, visiting State University professor, “is a simple tally of momentum, according to Gerhardt Schurig, a professor of English from the University of Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Con- articles, with no adjustment made for the size of sumer Research, Journal of the Academy of professor in the Department of Biomedical Bucharest. Topic to be announced. Sciences and Pathobiology. the faculty.” Still, he added, “I was pleased to Marketing Sciences, and Marketing Science. April 20: Len Scigaj, professor of English, Five South American veterinary students will discuss “The Deterministic Ghost in the have studied in Blacksburg as part of the Machine of Ted Hughes’s Birthday Letters.” program, Schurig said, and recently, the first For more information, visit the web site VMRCVM fourth-year student spent six weeks http://www.english.vt.edu/~toomey/coll.htm or call David Toomey of the English department Two Vet Med professors honored studying at the University of Austral. “Our goal is to exchange six students each at 1-8506. By Jeffrey Douglas review boards for Veterinary Surgery and for Two former classmates who ended up work- year,” Schurig said, adding that financial aid is the American Journal of Veterinary Research. available to assist students who wish to ing side-by-side as veterinary surgeons in the He also served as an ad hoc reviewer for Equine High-school participate. Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences Veterinary Science. recently received Young Achievers awards from A South American veterinarian is now students sponsored Moll received his bachelor’s degree from conducting a residency program in equine by Auburn University’s College of Veterinary the University of Arkansas and his DVM from By Sally Harris Medicine. medicine on the Blacksburg campus, he said, Kansas State University. He earned his master’s and several faculty members have been involved The Virginia Tech Educational Talent Rick Howard, assistant professor, and David degree from Auburn University, where he also in academic exchange programs. Search Program sponsored 13 high-school Moll, associate professor, received two of the worked as a clinical instructor and research Blacksburg- and Leesburg-based faculty students to the National Black Student three awards that were presented to selected associate in large animal clinical surgery and and staff members who have collaborated with Leadership Development Conference in members of the graduating class of 1989. The medicine. the University of Austal College of Veterinary award recognizes both professional achieve- Moll is the co-author of 50 refereed jour- Richmond in January. Medicine include Larry Freeman, Marty Moon, The Stuart Educational Leadership Group ment and contributions to the society. nal articles, author or co-author of seven book Howard received his bachelor’s degree from Nat White, Scott Pleasant, and Chris Wakely. Inc. sponsored the conference. Students chapters, and is the co-editor of a textbook. The college’s World Health Organization attended workshops on Afrocentric Leadership, the University of Kentucky and his DVM from Moll is on a member of the Faculty Senate at Auburn University. He received his master’s Collaborating Center for Veterinary Combating Teen Violence, and Achieving Virginia Tech and participates in the faculty degree and Ph.D. from Colorado State Univer- Management and Public Health seeks to improve Your Dream, as well as workshops on SAT mentoring program. He is also the faculty advi- sity and had an internship with the University of animal and human health throughout the preparation and scholarship searches. The sor to the student chapter of the American Missouri-Columbia. Americas by promoting public health and students also participated in discussion groups, Association of Equine Practitioners. His re- Howard has written 60 publications and veterinary education throughout the Americas one on Brother to Brother and one on Girl to search interests include uro-genital surgery, and Caribbean Basin, according to Schurig. has attracted more than $250,000 in sponsored- gastro-intestinal surgery, lameness, and telem- Woman: Who is She? research funding. He is currently on the editorial etry implants in black bears. For more information, contact Thomas G. Wilson, director of Talent Search/Upward INCLUSIVE Bound at Virginia Tech, at 1-6911 or e-mail MIT Continued from 3 [email protected]. DIGITAL EARTH ment the long-held emphasis on Western civi- Continued from 1 Continued from 1 lization in Europe and the United States; clearly academia to follow Virginia Tech’s lead. students will have the mobile I-Desk for a real- our own history is not that of just the majority MONEY In addition to universities, the United Na- time demonstration of an application of the group in our society. One research area where Continued from 1 tions Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga- data. the importance of diversity is immediately evi- nization (UNESCO) has endorsed electronic Galbraith also emphasized the importance dent to all of us is medical research. Our knowl- language to facilitate the development of dis- theses and dissertations as an important resource of student involvement in the project. “The edge of disease, disease treatment, and health tance-learning programs. for technology transfer that will spur economic symposium is also a unique opportunity for promotion profits from women and minority For the 229 Division, the Plan to Serve and social growth in developing counties. Ibero- Virginia Tech students to use NASA data and groups in the research force. These groups American Science and Technology Education Virginia’s Agriculture, Human, and Natural new technology tools to increase our bring an interest in and enhanced understand- Consortium (ISTEC) and the Organization of understanding of the world we live in and make ing of health problems unique to women and Resources received $500,000 per year in the American States have also joined the NDLTD. education about the world a visual learning more prevalent among a minority group. House and $300,000 per year from the Senate. Ed Fox, Virginia Tech computer-science experience. “ Individuals who happen to be members The Senate added $55,000 per year for the professor, is director of the Networked Digital In addition to officials from NASA and CFAST (seafood) program; the House included Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) the U.S. Geological Survey, representatives of under-represented groups also make contri- $25,000 for the Amelia County Extension of- and the Networked University Digital Libraries Autometric, a leading 3-D software- butions unrelated to their culture or race. While fice. (NUDL) (see www.ndltd.org and development company will be on hand with the richness of Nikki Giovanni’s work has her Both House and Senate included language www.theses.org and http://etd.vt.edu). representatives from the University of Virginia experiences as a black woman at its heart, it’s Jimmy Martin’s excellence in geotechnical modifying the governor’s mandate for institu- and James Madison University to discuss how engineering that can help people in earthquake- tions to develop institutional-performance their schools are looking at using DEVELOP. prone regions, such as Turkey, have a more agreements. Instead, each institution will de- secure future. And Russell Jones helps children velop a strategic plan setting out its goals and recover from disaster because he’s an excellent the resources required to reach them. psychologist and caring human being. On Thursday, Feb. 24, the House and Thus, diversity in graduate education has Senate were to act on these proposals. A con- manifold benefits, and we must continue to ference committee will be appointed to iron out pursue not only what is morally right, but also the differences before the end of the session on that which enhances our understanding. We March 10. must increase enrollments of minority students Details of budget amendment recommen- and other under-represented groups. In the case dations for higher education can be found on of minority students, we should strive at a the Legislative Information System web site minimum to reflect the population at large. All (http://leg1.state.va.us/). students and citizens will benefit from an inclu-

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