WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Volume 23, Number 2 September 5, 1996

Alumni and friends in Japan launch drive to raise funds for WMU About 500 Japanese alumni and friends 'I of WMU have organized a fund-raising campaign for the University in Japan. The "WMU Friends in Japan Endow- Broncos strike up the ment Fund," believed to be the first WMU fund-raising effort organized outside of band for the president the United States, is intended to promote When President Bill Clinton got up to speak Aug. 28 understanding of Japan and the Japanese in Comstock Township, he started by expressing his among members of the WMU community. appreciation for the Bronco Marching Band. "We The fund was launched with a $22,000 should begin by thanking the Western Michigan base, the result of two large private gifts, University Band," he said. "They've been wonderful and recently obtained tax-exempt status in today and we thank (them) very much." A few days Japan. Organizers have announced a con- before the visit, band director Stephen D. Grugin was certed gift drive that is expected to last contacted by a White House advance team about until the end of the year. performing prior to the president's speech at Merrill According to W. Wilson Woods, inter- Park. "Originally, we were just asked to play before national affairs, the move is highly unusual the event while people were gathering," he said. "We for residents of a nation with no history of discussed the possibility with them about playing private support for higher education. 'Hail to the Chief' and, once they came and heard us "This is an act of true generosity and an play, they wanted us to perform that when the presi- effort to promote understanding between dent arrived as well as to play after the speech too." the two cultures," Woods says. "All of the money raised will support American stu- dents." The funds will support travel to Japan and study in Japan by WMU students as well as the purchase of materials for use on the WMU campus in classes studying Ja- pan and its culture. For 35 years, WMU has maintained close ties with Japan and has sponsored Sabbaticals abroad provide new perspectives for faculty annual summer institutes for Japanese col- lege students in Kalamazoo. Building on From the emerging trade centers of a relatively short period of time, I had a businesses and government employees in those ties, international affairs staff mem- Southeast Asia to the picturesque coun- great group of professional friends over Malaysia and worked on research with that ber Michitoshi Soga, emeritus in physics, tryside of the United Kingdom to the bus- there as well. Malaysia became my second country's Ministry of Domestic Trade and worked closely for more than a year with tling cities of Scandinavia - these desti- home. I remain in touch with my col- Consumer Affairs. In addition, he con- Japanese alumni and friends and Univer- nations were among the locations chosen leagues in Malaysia through the Internet ducted other research in China and Nepal. sity officials to develop and help imple- by WMU faculty members as their homes and continue to do research with them." Besides providing him with fodder for ment the idea of the endowment fund. for the 1995-96 academic year. Quraeshi served as the Tan Sri Noah journal articles and monographs, the sab- The drive is sponsored by two Japanese Of the 27 faculty members granted sab- Distinguished Chair on the faculty of bus i- batical leave experiences have given baticals during last year, a number of them ness management at the Universiti decided to spend the time abroad. Four of Kebangsaan Malaysia, one of the two lead- (Continued on page four) (Continued on page four) those faculty members, who shared their ing business schools in the country. He experiences in a recent interview, returned wanted to work in that part of the world to campus this fall with broadened hori- because of his research interest in the Asia- Class project lives on with Allen popularity zons and renewed energy for teaching and Pacific region. He is the founding editor of A WMU classroom assignment that end of the show in the printed credits. research. the Journal of Asia-Pacific Business and was completed in 1975 has taken on a Newswoman Barbara Walters and Zahir A. Quraeshi, marketing, spent the the author of numerous articles on interna- life of its own and has become a source late night talk show host David year based in Bangi, Malaysia. Nancy tional marketing. of information for television talk and Letterman have both requested and re- Eimers and William C. Olsen, both mem- The focus of his research was on build- biography shows, newscasters and late ceived copies of the footage and the bers of the English faculty, resided in ing national competitive capabilities and night comedians. tape has been shown on such programs Cornwall, England. Robert Landeros, man- how some of the East Asian economies The student work of comedian Tim as "Extra" and "Inside Edition." Its most agement, lived in Sandvika, Norway. While have been able to accomplish that in a short Allen, a 1976 WMU alumnus, captured widely-viewed use so far was as part of all claimed to be revitalized from their period of time. By studying such countries and preserved on video, has been fea- a prime time special called "Before They sabbaticals, they also expressed a wistful- as Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Ja- tured on a number of recent television Were Stars," which aired on ABC in ness for their adopted homes. pan and South Korea, Quraeshi is hoping shows. Most recently, the Sept. 2 pre- 1994. "I had a very productive and beneficial to build a framework for industrial devel- miere week episode of the Arts and "I tend to save things for a while," academic experience there and got very opment in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Entertainment Network's "Biography" Pagel says. He notes that as recording used to Malaysia," Quraeshi said. "I really He conducted his research primarily at the series used the footage as part of its technology changed over the years, he enjoyed the gracious hospitality. It was university and at government agencies in hour-long examination of the life of the made an effort to copy many hours of almost like reverse culture shock coming Malaysia as well as at the nearby Institute popular star of the ABC series "Home classroom performances onto video cas- back. My colleagues here are super, but in of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Improvement." settes, sometimes without even realiz- Quraeshi lived in Kuala Lumpur, The same footage has been borrowed ing all that was on them. He originally Malaysia's capital. He said his experience and is being considered for a mid- thought he had only three sequences Did you know? there really brought home how quickly that September episode of the "Oprah featuring Allen, but recently uncovered Winfrey Show" to be used in a program Since the beginning of WMU's part of the world is becoming a major a fourth routine in which Allen took part that will look at some of the country's twinning program with Sunway global competitor. in another student's filmed presenta- favorite performers before they were College in Malaysia in 1987: "You really have to go to Malaysia to tion. witness what is taking place over there," he well known. 'The period from the mid 1970s un- • More than I, I00 Malaysian said. "There is a dramatic, almost dizzying Thomas F. Pagel, communication, til about 1980 was a very interesting students have transferred to pace with which economic development is saved the footage along with videotape time with students," Pagel says. 'They WMU. being nurtured. Sitting back here suppos- of hundreds of other students from a were an unusual and energetic group • More than 100 have stayed on edly doing work on the Asian-Pacific re- television performance class he still and now that it's 20 years later, some of to earn graduate degrees. gion, it's all very vague. Until you go there teaches. He says it's among the earliest them have proven successful in a vari- • More than 500 graduate and and see what's happening, you don't under- video footage of Allen doing the kind of ety of careers." undergraduate degrees have so far stand and don't realize the strong industrial stand-up comedy for which he later Among other Pagel students from been awarded to Sunway trans- base they've established and the kinds of became famous. It already has shown the era were WOOD-TV news anchor fers. efforts that they're involved in. The Ma- up on national television more than half Suzanne E. Geha of Grand Rapids, a laysian government has a very dedicated a dozen times in recent years. In return 1973 WMU graduate; and Neil Smith, • Fewer than 5 percent have leadership and they are concertedly devel- for its use, Pagel says, he insists on the president and general manager of the dropped out, the smallest attrition oping their programs to move Malaysia up University receiving credit - either in New York Rangers hockey team, a 1977 rate of any student group. the economic ladder." the context of the tape's usage or at the graduate. Quraeshi also gave presentations for Two September 5, 1996 Western News Scholars to discuss Starting the new school year the Great Depression The first of six scholars who will present with both a toss and a toast their views this year on the economics of the Great Depression will speak at the University Wednesday, Sept. 25. Robert A. Margo, professor of econom- ics at Vanderbilt University, will kick off the Department of Economics' 33rd an- nual guest lecture-seminar series. He will present a free public lecture titled "Labor and Labor Markets During the Great De- pression" at 3 p.m. in 3760 Knauss Hall. Organizers decided to focus this year's series on the worldwide economic hard times that began with the 1929 stock mar- ket collapse because the topic has always been of interest to economists and the gen- Several activities welcomed new and returning WMU eral public alike. "The Depression has be- students back to campus last week. ABOVE: Hiroka come the 'Holy Grail' in macroeconomics," Imai, left, and Shinobu Nishimura, both freshmen from said Mark V. Wheeler, associate professor Japan, ushered in the new academic year by attending of economics and director of the series. the "For Freshman Only" forum at Miller Auditorium "Economists have been trying to under- Aug. 26. The event marked the first time the Class of stand it for years." 2000 gathered as a group. They learned more about the Margo will discuss how labor markets University from President Haenicke and other adminis- functioned during the Depression. An eco- trators and proved their mettle by consuming more than nomic historian, he also serves as a re- 500 pizzas on the Fountain Plaza following the program. search associate with the National Bureau AT LEFT: The plaza was the site of the 16th annual of Economic Research. He has written two Bronco Bash the following day. Students had the oppor- books and more than 40 articles for profes- tunity to do everything from pick up material about sionaljournals on various topics in Ameri- student organizations to fly through the air on the "Aero can economic history. Bungee." Other speakers slated for this year and the topics they will address are: • "Uneven Impacts of the Great De- pression" with Carol E. Heim, associate WMU works with industry to offer engineering degrees professor of economics atthe University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Wednesday, The University has launched two de- workers to those with several thousand selected. Oct. 23; gree programs this fall in direct response to employees - have joined WMU and MCC The 30-hour graduate program is in- • "The Great Depression as a Histori- needs expressed by manufacturers in in putting up some $471,000 to launch the tended to provide those trained in engi- cal Problem" with Michael A. Bernstein, lakeshore communities. program. neering with the analytical and management associate professor and chairperson of the A new program, the bachelor of science "I volunteered to help design the cur- skills to oversee technical operations in a Department of History at the University of degree in manufacturing engineering, will riculum because I am convinced of the manufacturing organization. The Prince California at San Diego, Wednesday, Nov. be offered through WMU at the Higher need for this program in the Greater program will be administered by the 20; Education Center at Muskegon Commu- Muskegon area," said R.C. (Rudy) Shunta, Muskegon Regional Center. Deborah N. • "Propagation of the Depression: nity College. And a degree program al- vice president and general manager of the Newson, director of the center, and Rich- Theories and Evidence" with James S. ready available in Kalamazoo, Muskegon Piston Ring Business in the Sealed Power ard E, Munsterman, chairperson of indus- Fackler, professor of economics at the Uni- and Grand Rapids, the master of science in Division of the SPX Corp. He was one of trial and manufacturing engineering, were versity of Kentucky, Wednesday, Jan. 15; engineering management, will be taught 13 representatives of area companies who instrumental in setting up the program. • "Understanding the Great Depres- on site at the Prince Corp. in Holland. served on the Manufacturing Engineering The arrangement has advantages for sion: Lessons for Current Policy" with Both programs involved two years of Steering Committee. both parties involved, according to Newson. Stephen G. Cecchetti, professor of eco- planning with representatives of the Col- "Muskegon is an old 'smokestack' town "From a convenience standpoint, it makes nomics at Ohio State University, Wednes- lege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, typified by high unemployment among a a lot more sense to offer the program on day, Feb. 12; and the Division of Continuing Education and predominantly blue collar workforce," site," she said. "It can be prohibitive for • "Monetary Policy in the Great De- area industry. Officials from MCC also Shunta added. "To grow in the Greater very busy people like Prince employees to pression and Beyond: The Sources of were involved in the Muskegon program, Muskegon area, industry needs a well- have to drive to Muskegon or Grand Rap- the Fed's Inflation Bias" with David C. which is intended to supply area manufac- trained workforce. In the past, two-year ids for classes. In addition, we're able to Wheelock, research officer at the Federal turers with the kind of engineers they need. degrees from Muskegon Community Col- fine-tune some of the courses so that they're Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Wednesday, "The goal of this curriculum is to de- lege were more than adequate. In today's more germane to the engineering man- April 2. velop students who have the ability to take technological Iy sophisticated environment, agement needs of that particularcompany." All lectures begin at 3 p.m. in 3760 a product design or concept and design the a four-year degree is now the bare mini- "From the University's standpoint, Knauss Hall and are free and open to the manufacturing process," said Dean Leonard mum. A local four-year program is desper- we're able to heighten interest of the com- public. Each scholar also will present a R. Lamberson, engineering and applied ately needed for our community to trans- pany in WMU's engineering programs," morning seminar for professional econo- sciences. "Most of the manufacturers in form from 'smokestack' to 'high-tech.''' Munsterman said. "That ultimately has a mists and graduate students. Muskegon County are concerned with The 129-credit-hour program is de- spi Ilover effect on other programs. It's also The Department of Economics co-spon- metal forming and shaping. The program signed to meet the standards of the Engi- another 60 enrollments that we might not sors the series with the W.E. Upjohn Insti- is designed to precisely address the spe- neering Accreditation Commission/ Ac- otherwise have." tute for Employment Research in cific needs of this marketplace." creditation Board of Engineering and Tech- The program offered on site at Prince Kalamazoo. The program is completely integrated nology Inc. and to meet the program crite- will be virtually the same as the one offered with MCC, which will supply 60 credit ria for Manufacturing and Similarly Named at the regional centers. WMU faculty mem- hours to freshmen and sophomores. Stu- Engineering Programs as defined by the bers will teach the classes, which will take Student affairs publication dents will take the rest of the courses through Society of Manufacturing Engineers. place primarily in the evenings. Ten courses translated into Japanese WMU atMCC's Higher Education Center. Some 235 students per year are ex- will be offered over the course of three years. A Division of Student Affairs publi- Work on the program began in March pected to enroll in the classes. WMU officials plan to schedule one cation has been translated into Japanese 1994, when the Manufacturers Council of The program at the Prince Corp. is de- course per semester. Students most likely and reprinted, in its entirety, in a book Muskegon County approached the college signed for engineers who want to augment will attend class one evening a week for 12 published this year in Japan. requesting assistance in meeting its educa- their technical skills with management sessions. Prince will pick up the bill for its "Sexual Assault on Campus: Infor- tional needs. WMU previously had not skills. The on-site venture exclusively for employees' tuition costs. mation and Assistance for Students," origi- offered any undergraduate engineering pro- Prince employees is the first of its kind for In developing the program, WMU ad- nally produced by Women's Resources grams in Muskegon. both the company and the University. ministrators have tailored three of the and Services in the Office of Student Life Since then, 17 area companies - rang- "This is the first time that we've ac- classes specifically to meet the needs of in August 1993, has been reprinted in a ing from those with fewer than a hundred tually contracted with a private company Prince employees. book titled "New Sexology Note" by to do a full graduate degree program," said Price says the agreement with WMU is Yukihiro Murase. Dean James A. Visser, continuing educa- a natural fit for Prince. "We have several The author is a leading figure in the tion. "It's a major milestone for us." people who have their degrees from WMU emerging field of sexuality education in WSfERN NE\\S More than 60 Prince employees have already, so there's a comfort level for folks Japan and teaches at Hitotsubashi Uni- Editor: Ruth A. Stevens; StalfWriters: Cheryl P. Roland, signed up for the classes. "We're very either going back to their school or going to versity (a prestigious business college) and Julie D. Paavola; Photographer: Neil G. Rankin. excited about the program," said Rodger a school where others they know around at Tsudajuku University (a women's col- Western News (USPS 362-210) is pUblished by News Price, manager of training and develop- here have gone," he said. lege). He acquired the WMU publication Services, Walwood Hall, Western Michigan University, 1201 Oliver St., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5165, weekly ment at Prince, a maker of interior automo- Visser says the agreement with Prince from a friend, Miyoko Rokumoto, who is a during fall and winter semesters and bi-weekly during spring and summer sessions, except during vacation tive systems. "Many employees are inter- is just the beginning of what he hopes will graduate student in WMU' s Department of periods. Periodicals postage paid at Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5165. ested in the management aspect of the be other arrangements with both that com- Counselor Education and Counseling Psy-

Postmaster: Send address changes to Western News, degree." pany and others in the area. chology. News Services, Western Michigan University, 1201 WMU administrators began working "We certainly are going to try and do Oliver St., Kalamazoo, MI49008-5165. She reports that the book is a very popu- with Prince representatives about two years more on-site corporate training in the fu- lar seller with both students and non-stu- Western News is distributed without charge to faculty and staff members, retirees and friends of the University, ago on developing the agreement after a ture, both credit and non-credit," he says. dents because there is little available in and is available at several campus locafions. company engineer approached a WMU "That's an important component in our Japanese about sexuality. Murase's book Deadline: Items fo be considered for publicafion should be submiffed to News Services by noon Tuesday of fhe department chairperson. Prince engineers outreach in our regional markets. It will has been favorably reviewed in Japanese week of publication. Offices that receive too many cop- ies - or too few copies - are asked to call 387-8400. were surveyed on the kind of program that take the form of complementary program- newspapers, and many reviews have singled WMU is an equal opportunity/employer/affirmative ac- would meet their needs and the master of ming to what we do at our regional centers, tion institution. out the WMU sexual assault booklet for science in engineering management was rather than replacing that programming." particular mention. Western News September 5, 1996 Three Politics, business and history of Latin America On campus _ among topics to be covered in lecture program WMU AMBASSADOR- Topics ranging from "Multilateral Lend- guages and literature at Kalamazoo Col- Cheryl L. Joseph, parale- ing for State Reform in Latin America" to lege, Nov. 12. gal secretary in legal and "Drugs and Democracy in Colombia" will • "Negotiation and Conflict at the legislative affairs, enjoys be covered in a lecture series this fall at the Heart of South America in the 16th Cen- serving as an ambassador University. tury" with Catherine Julien, a faculty mem- for WMU. "The senators The series, titled "Rediscovering Latin ber in WMU's Department of History, and representatives who America," is free and open to the public. Nov. 19. call our office often speak All lectures are on Tuesdays and will begin The series is being coordinated by to me first," she says. "I at 7 p.m. in the Lee Honors College. Claudio Milman, management and Latin like being a representative Speakers and their topics will be: American Studies Program. Sponsors are of our office and the Uni- • "Multilateral Lending for State the Office of International Affairs, Latin versity." A WMU employee Reform in Latin America: Experiences American Studies Program, Lee Honors since January 1995, Joseph from Argentina to Brazil" with Cecilia College and Haworth College of Business. worked in the Division of Zan etta, assistant professor in the School Intercollegiate Athletics of Planning at the University of Tennessee Dybek story published in for a few months before at Knoxville and consultant to the World joining the legal and legis- Bank, Sept. 10. book of horror and fantasy lative staff in the Office of • "Rational Expectations on Latin A story by Stuart Dybek, English, has External Affairs. In addi- America" with Harvey Arbelaez, assis- been included in an annual anthology of tion to answering tele- tant professor of international finance at "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror." phones, she types corre- Pennsylvania State University, Sept. 17. The ninth annual collection of fantasy spondence and processes • "Doing Business in the Mercosur and horror stories includes works by Mar- paperwork, much ofit hav- Countries" with Carol Sanchez, assistant garet Atwood, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le ing to do with bargaining professor of management at Grand Valley Guin and Joyce Carol Oates. It was edited activities with WMU's State University, Sept. 24. by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling and chapter of the American • "Promoting the Private Sector in published by St. Martin's Griffin. Federation of State, Latin America" with Bernardo Guilla- Dybek's story, "Paper Lantern," origi- County and Municipal Em- mon, micro enterprise specialist at the nally was published in the November 1995 ployees. Joseph earned her Inter-American Development Bank, Oct. issue of The New Yorker. In an introduc- associate's degree in paralegal from Davenport College and currently serves on that I. tion to it in the anthology, Windling writes, school's Paralegal Advisory Board. In her spare time, she works part-time as a hair • "Crisis in the Mexican Countryside: "It is one of the finest stories of this or any stylist and is active in her church. She also enjoys reading and listening to music. Globalization and Transformation" with other year." Scott Whiteford, director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University, Oct. 8. Series to explore enhancing teaching with technology • "The Moral Value of Work: Devil "Enhancing Teaching with Technol- development services and University com- Oct. 14, #9995. Stories and Class Identity in Cuenca, ogy," a series of programs on innovative puting services, all presentations will take • "Using the Web in Teaching" with Ecuador" with Ann Miles, a faculty mem- teaching, will be offered during the lunch place from noon to 1 p.m. in the University Joseph M. Kayany, communication, Mon- ber in WMU's Department of An- hour this fall. The programs emphasize Computing Center clock tower conference day, Oct. 21, #9996. thropology, Oct. 15. enhancement of faculty teaching with the area. People interested in attending the • "Web and Internet Sources in Sci- • "Between the Andes and Buenos goal to improve student learning. programs can register via the Web at http:/ enceTeaching" with John B. Miller,chem- Aires: Representations of Ethnic and Using faculty presenters who have suc- /www.wmich.edu/workshops/, or by call- istry, Tuesday, Nov. 5, #9997. National Identity in Rural Tucuman, cessfully introduced technology into their ing the Help Desk at 7-5161 or the UCS • "Web Resources for Teaching and Argentina" with Patricia Mathews, doc- classroom, the programs are designed to main office at 7-5430. Research in the Humanities and Fine Arts" toral candidate in anthropology at Yale highlight expertise, services and resources The programs, thei r presenters, the dates with Judith M. Arnold and David K. University, Oct. 22. available to the University community and registration codes are: Isaacson, both University libraries, Mon- • "Latin American Women: Some about the latest instructional technology • "Internet Search Engines" with Helen day, Nov. II,#9998. Considerations" with Irma Lopez, a fac- available. In addition, each presentation Healy, University libraries, Tuesday, Sept. • "Comparing Grading Utilities" with ulty member in WMU's Department of precedes a University computing services 10, #9991. Kelly L. Keglovitz and Julie A. Scott, both Foreign Languages and Literatures, Oct. workshop so that interested participants can • "Using the Web in Teaching" with University computing services, Tuesday, 29. quickly take advantage of some new ideas. Neil A. Pinney, political science, Thurs- Nov. 19, #9999. • "Drugs and Democracy in Colom- For more information about the pro- day, Sept. 19, #9992. bia" with John Dugas, instructor of politi- grams, contact Mary Ann Bowman, fac- • "Building Power Presentations in cal science at Kalamazoo College, Nov. 5. ulty development services, at 7-5305, or PowerPoint" with Judy A. Yaeger, busi- Media _ • "Costa Rica Folklore Project" with send e-mail to maryann. bowman- ness information systems, Thursday, Oct. K.C. O'Shaughnessy, management, dis- Henry Cohen, professor of Romance lan- @wmich.edu. Co-sponsored by faculty 3, #9993. cusses the status of the American work- • "Comparing Presentation Software" place on "Focus," a five-minute interview with Pamela S. Rups, instructional tech- produced by news services. "Focus" is Eimers and Olsen to read from their work nology services, Tuesday, Oct. 8, #9994. scheduled to air at 6: 10 a.m. Saturday, Poets Nancy Eimers and William C. granted these $15,000 awards in support of • "Using Web Resources to Create Sept. 7, on WKPR-AM (1420). "Focus" is Olsen, both English, will read from their their writing. Effective Undergraduate Research Assign- also used on a regular basis by WKZO-AM work at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in This is the second NEA fellowship for ments" with Judith M. Arnold and Elaine (590), WKMI-AM (1360) and several other 3770 Knauss Hall. Eimers, who has received several other Jayne, both University libraries, Monday, radio stations around Michigan. The free reading is intended to help honors in recent months. Two of her poems celebrate the third issue of "Third Coast," were selected to appear in the anthology, the journal of creative writing published by "Best American Poetry of 1996," this year Human resources _ the Department of English. It will be fol- judged by the widely known poet, Adrienne Information updates requested You can submit a change by memo or lowed by a reception. Rich. Eimers' new book of poems, titled The last day to submit a change in your by calling 7-3622. Please be sure to include Eimers and Olsen recently returned from "No Moon," has won the Vema Emery listing for the 1996-97 Faculty/Staff/Stu- your Social Security number with all com- a one-year sabbatical leave in Cornwall, Prize for publication by Purdue University dent Telephone Directory is Friday, Sept. munication. England (see story on page one). While Press. 6. Pauline M. Trembley, information sys- there, they learned that they both had been Olsen's second book of poetry, "Vi- If you have a change in your campus or tems, says there are several types of direc- awarded Fellowships in Literature from sions of a Storm Cloud," was issued by Tri- home address, telephone number or spouse tory change requests her office is not able the National Endowment for the Arts. They Quarterly Press in May. His recent awards that you have not reported to human re- to honor: were among 21 American writers to be have included the Helen Bullis Poetry sources-information systems, please do so • Use of nicknames - your legal name Award from Poetry Northwest, the by tomorrow. Your employee file will be must be maintained for mailing and tax Crazyhorse Poetry Award and a Pushcart updated in time for the change also to be reporting purposes. Ethics lectures scheduled Award. shown in the new directory. • Home address - when longer than Nicholas Dixon, associate professor of can be accommodated, we abbreviate the philosophy at Alma College, will present best we can; we do not have room for zip two lectures on campus sponsored by the Jobs _ code extensions. Center for the Study of Ethics in Society. The following list of vacancies is cur- (R) Assistant Manager, P-05, WMU • Building names - the official three- At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, he will rently being posted through the Job Oppor- Apartments, 96/97-090, 9/3-9/9/96. position building abbreviations are used. discuss "The Morality of Intimate Faculty- tunity Program by employment services in (R) Secretary I (Term Ends 6/30/97; • Titles - non-bargaining titles are as- Student Relationships" in 3750 Knauss Hall. the Department of Human Resources. 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Thursday, September 5 (thru 13) Exhibition, "MFA Candidate Show," Rotunda and South Galleries, East Hall, weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closing reception, Friday, Sept. 13,5-7 p.m. (thru 27) Exhibition, "Alma College 15th Annual Statewide Print Competition," Gallery II, Sangren Hall, weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (thru 26) Exhibition, mixed media sculpture by Christine Boos, Chicago artist, Space Gallery, Knauss Hall, Mondays thru Thursdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Graduate student orientation program, 157 Bernhard Center, II a.m.-l :30 p.m. Reception for nontraditional and graduate students, North Ballroom, Bernhard Center, 4-6:30 p.m. *(thru 7) University Theatre production, "Stumps," York Arena Theatre, 8 p.m. Friday, September 6 English lecture, "Native Esthetics and Tradition in Art," Ed Gray, artist from Fennville, 10th floor, Sprau Tower, I p.m. *(and 7) Volleyball, WMU Invitational, University Arena: Friday, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, II :30 a.m. and 1:30,5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday September 8 GIANT TAILGATE - Hyames Field was transformed into a "corporate village" Women's soccer, WMU vs. the University of Missouri at St. Louis, WMU Soccer of 50 tents for the third annual "CommUniverCity Night" tailgate activities Complex, noon. preceding the Aug. 29 opening home football game. Intended to celebrate "town- *Western Walk for Women, Kanley Track, I p.m.; to register call 7-3120. gown" relations, the event attracted some 8,000 people for the festivities. A total of Men's soccer, WMU vs. Northeastern Illinois University, WMU Soccer Complex, 2 p.m. 30,327 fans turned out to support the Broncos, the sixth largest crowd in Waldo Monday, September 9 Stadium history. Unfortunately, the young WMU team lost to Eastern Illinois (thru 13) Exhibition, painting, "South Manitou," Rotunda and South Galleries, East Hall, University, 28-20. weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closing reception, Friday, Sept. 13,5-7 p.m. Tuesday, September 10 Planning, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Lee Honors College, 7 p.m. Formatting workshop for the preparation of doctoral dissertations, specialist projects and Wednesday, September 11 master's theses, Graduate College conference room, Seibert Administration Build- *Management development workshop, "Selecting and Interviewing Employees: Effec- ing, 10-1 I:30 a.m.; advance registration required by calling 7-3569. tive Hiring Practices," Fetzer Center, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; to register call 7-3232. "Enhancing Teaching with Technology" program, "Internet Search Engines," Helen Th ursday, Septem ber 12 Healy, University libraries, clock tower conference area, University Computing *(and 19 and 26) Management development workshop, "Interaction Management: Center, noon-I p.m.; to register call 7-5430. Tactics for Effective Leadership," Fetzer Center, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; to register call "Rediscovering Latin America" lecture series, "Multilateral Lending for State Reform 7-3232. in Latin America: Experiences from Argentina to Brazil," Cecilia Zanetta, School of *Admission charged

Sabbaticals (Continued from page one) Quraeshi some new material for his class and stone circles that dotted the country- wanted to read the text on their own. The Communism coming back could be attrac- lectures. "Because I teach international side. "The standing stones, the crows, the entire grade for the class was based on a tive to some people because crime was business, I can talk about some of these English flora and fauna - without us real- single final examination. more under control," he said. developments I've witnessed firsthand," izing they kind of snuck their way into the When it came to grading the exami- Landeros also attended a meeting in he said. "Bringing back real anecdotes things we were working on," she said. "It nations, he discovered the institution hired Milan, Italy, on unifying the logistical sys- strengthens the lectures." would have been impossible for them not a faculty member from another university tems of European countries. "I began to They've also given him new perspective to. Everything is so different than it is here to read the tests. The practice was for the describe the United States not as a country on WMU's relations with students from - beautiful in a different way." two faculty members to read the tests and but as a continent of 50 countries," he said. other countries. Both said the experience brought them grade them independently. Then they would "While many of our problems are the same "One thing we've got to feel very good closer to their work. "In an odd way, it was compare notes. as those in European countries - inven- about is that WMU has a lot of graduates like being in England brought me back to "At first I didn't think it would work, tory control and cycle time reduction - who are in positions of significant respon- the sources of what I love about poetry," but it did," Landeros said. "Remarkably, our advantages are that we have a larger sibility in Malaysia in government, Eimers said, "back to the land and land- we were fractions of points away. Since population base, one language and one academia and business," he said. "Almost scape and birds and watching people and I've been back, I've talked to my col- monetary unit." all of them have very strong, positive feel- the ways they behave. I'm hoping that will leagues about doing this in the Integrated Like Quraeshi, Landeros said he formed ings about WMU and the education they somehow translate into my teaching and Supply Management Program to see if it some lasting friendships during his sab- got here and a great regard for the faculty. enable me to reinvigorate my enthusiasm for works. I think it may make the grading batical and plans to continue to nurture That came out in every conversation I had. poetry as not just a literary or academic form fairer because you tend to be a little sharper those from afar and by returning soon to Wherever I went, I would run into WMU but something that's about all these real, and to read more thoroughly when you Norway. He said he tried to stay away from graduates." tangible things. That was really comforting know you're going to be comparing notes." Americans he met in order to more fully At the same time, competition for those and restorative in a way and I'm fervently Landeros also had the opportunity to immerse himselfin the Norwegian culture. students is heating up as more schools hoping it will have some lasting effect." travel to Lithuania and lecture to middle By the time he left, he said he was picking enter the international market. Quraeshi "What was revitalizing more than any- and upper level managers who were edu- up about 10 to 20 percent of what people believes WMU can have an edge by taking thing was this direct relationship to poetry cated under a planned economy. He said were saying to him in Norwegian. a few lessons from the Malaysians. again - the fact that we weren't teaching crime appeared to be quite a problem. His efforts to learn about the culture "I never felt foreign or alien there," he it and busy advancing our careers," Olsen Trucks crossing the former Soviet Bloc were rewarded. Before he left, he was said. "They were always asking, 'How can said. "We were reading poetry the way we country were given police escorts for pro- made a "Viking chief," complete with the we help you, what can we do to make your read it when we first came to it." tection. "I could see why the possibility of requisite helmet with horns! life easier?' We need to make many of these foreign students who come from Gaining a global view Japan endowment (Continued from page one) _ Malaysia and elsewhere feel more at home Landeros returned from his one-year groups formed to celebrate those close The Kalamazoo Kai is made up prima- and extend to them the same kinds of trek with a new view of the world and a WMU ties - the WMU-Keio Kai and the rily of WMU graduates, visiting faculty hospitality that I was graced with over smattering of Norwegian. "I had a great Kalamazoo Kai. "Kai" is the Japanese word members, graduates of Kalamazoo Col- there. Students and parents make decisions experience," he said. "I now see the world for association. lege and Kalamazoo Valley Community based not only on academic caliber, but in a different place and business in a differ- The WMU-Keio Kai was organized by College and others who have spent some also on how comfortable we make them ent place. I look at things from a broader Keio University students who attended time in Kalamazoo during their lives. That feel." perspective - no longer from within the summer institutes at WMU in 1961 and group numbers about 400. boundaries of Kalamazoo or Michigan or 1962. More than 100 persons belong to that The two groups recently were able to Returning to the roots of poetry the United States." organization, which also includes students accomplish the difficult task of receiving Although they stayed in London for a His home base was in a suburb of Oslo. who have enrolled at WMU for a year of tax-exempt status for the new endowment month, Eimers and Olsen spent most of As a visiting professor of logistics at the study abroad during the past 34 years. fund through the Japan Foundation. Fol- their sabbatical leave away from the busy Norwegian School of Management, he lec- lowing the successful completion of the cities in the English countryside. They tured on purchasing and materials man- International students need initial fund drive, they also hope to form an lived in St. Ives, a fishing village at the agement in both undergraduate and gradu- official WMU alumni club in Japan. It western tip of the southern peninsula of ate programs. He also had the opportunity job offers to get numbers would be the University's first overseas England. A lot of painters go to the Cornwall to lecture at various regional sites through- Due to a change in federal laws, inter- alumni club. area because the light and the scenery are out Norway and to help redesign the equiva- national students who wish to obtain a so wonderful. lent of a master of business administration Social Security number may only do so if Meditation sessions offered The two English department faculty course. they have been offered employment. This Faculty, staff and students are invited to members, who are both award-winning Teaching in Norway took a little bit of has caused some confusion with on-cam- reduce stress through meditation sessions poets, found much to inspire their work. A getting used to, Landeros said. Language pus offices who employ international stu- offered from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays in the typical morning would find them se- was not a barrier, since all of the students dents. Kiva of the Faunce Student Services Build- questered in different areas of their res- there spoke English. But he soon discov- Students who have been offered a posi- ing. idence working on their poetry manuscripts. ered that one hour of class really meant 45 tion must take a letter confirming that fact Provided through the University Coun- In the afternoon, they would go for long minutes of class and a IS-minute break. He from the prospective employer to the So- seling and Testing Center, the sessions are walks, taking advantage of the coastal paths was limited to teaching strictly from the cial Security Administration office. Per- intended to help participants relax and re- that crisscross the farmlands and the moors. textbook without introducing any supple- sons with questions about this procedure gain focus, energy and a sense of well- Eimers was particularly interested in mentary materials. He learned that stu- should call the Office ofInternational Stu- being. For more information, persons may the Bronze Age standing stones, gravesites dents did not have to attend class if they dent Services at 7-5865. call 7-1850.