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Monday, September 14, 1998 Vo lu me 23 , umber 7 Nursing Profs Tie in to National 'Better Bones Tour' When the dean and several fac ul ty test using the latest ultrasound members of the Kirkhof School of technology. Nursing saw an opportunity to Lorraine Rodrigues-Fisher, dean advance their on-going study of of the Kirkhof School of Nursing, osteoporosis, they decided to mil k it and Nursir;ig facu lty members Phyllis for all it was worth. Gendler, Cynthia Coviak, and Jean The researchers are taking advan­ Manin, will be on hand to coll ect tage of a stop by the Mil k Mustache data for their ongoing osteoporosis Mobil e this Thursday, which features study. The prima1y purpose of the the faces of various celebrities study is to evaluate the va lidity and wearing "mil k mustaches." The mobile reliabi lity of osteoporosis tests used is on a 100-city "Better Bones" tour to with women aged 18 years and teach people about the importance of older. A second purpose of the milk and other calcium products to study is to identify potentia l prevent osteoporosis. The mobile will paiticipants fo r future studies of be at the GVSU Fieldhouse from osteoporosis risk factors, including 11 a.m.-6 p.m. as part of the GVSU d iet, exercise, fam il y histo1y , and Well ness Fair. The Better Bones Tour health status. is sponsored by the Na ti onal Dai1y The GVSU researchers w ill ask Council, the Milk Processor Education adult women participating in the Program and the ational Osteoporo­ Better Bones Tour bone density sis Association. screening to fi ll out questionnaires At each stop on the tour, con­ to coll ect data. Fisher and her sumers can ta lk to health experts and coll eagues will also recruit women assess their risk fo r osteoporosis, a and men for future studies on GVSU researchers, clockwise, are Cynthia Coviak, disease characteri zed by porous osteoporosis risk and prevention. Lorraine Rodrigues-Pisbei; Phyllis Gendlei; and bones, and take a free bone density Jean Marlin.

David Frey to Be Executive in Residence At Seidman School of Business David Frey, senio r vice president campuses and stude nts at the Kirk hof Cente r. of NBD Bank, N.A. and offi cer-in ­ through­ Frey will receive an honorary Doctor charge of its West Divi­ o ut the of Business Administration Degree at a sion, w ill serve as "executive in cl ay o n special convocati on planned fo r Septem­ residence" during the annual Thursday, ber 24, at 4 p.m., at the Eberhard Center. Seidman School of Busin ess Week. September The GVSU community is invited to attend Busin ess students w ill benefit 24. He the ceremony and the reception foll ow­ fr o m Frey's experience whe n he will have ing. lunch with visits classes at the All e n­ The Seidman School of Business is dale and Grand Rapids facu lty members honoring Frey because of his exem­ plary servi ce to the university and continued on page 3 2

Across Campus More Eyes Opened to Laker fu l alternative for those who need a Satu r­ day football fix." Football The remaining Laker home games, which In the wake of the successful Laker w ill be played in Lubbers Stadium, will be Football season opener in Grand Rapids, September 12, 1 p.m., against Northwood; Athletics officials are looking fo1ward to September 26, 1 p.m., against Findlay; future downtown games. October 3, 1 p.m. against St. Francis; A near-sellout crowd at Houseman Field October 24, 12:30 p.m., against Northern saw Grand Va ll ey to p Ashland University Michigan; and October 31, 1 p.m. , against 42-35 on September 3, the team's first Ca lifornia-Davis. Thursday night game . Women, Gender Studies Names "We wanted to make an impact in Grand Rapids, so people w ho might not normally New Coordinator see us play could watch Laker Football and Linda Chown, associate professor of English, has been appointed the new coordinator for the Women and Gender Studies Program at GVSU . The GVSU Forum is published by the Office of Formerly University Communica tions named the every Monday w hen classes are Women's in sess ion and biweekly during Studies the summer. The submission Program, the deadline is Tuesday noon. Send program wi ll publication items to Kathleen Adams, edito r, c/o the FORUM refl ect more cc:Mail box. From off ca mpus, than just a email [email protected]. change in Telephone: 616-895-2221. Fax: then come out to All endale for other name and leadership this year, says Chown. 616-895-2250. Visit FO RUM games," said Athletics Director Tim Selgo. "The Women and Gender Studies ONLINE on the World Wide Web GVSU has booked Houseman Field for next at: www.gvsu .edu/ Program (WGS) currently is at optimal stage season's opener against South Dakota State. for development and growth," she says. "Its Faculty and staff members ca n find an online "Sketches" Grand Rapids Press Sports Editor Bob potential contributions to the university in submission form on the Web Site. Becker noted that the Grand Rapids game terms of academic programs, individual would show area fans that they "won't find student learning - both male and female - a better value for [their] entertainment and its interdisciplinary potentials make dollar," and that "the Lakers offer a wonder- WGS a new field for Grand Va lley." Chown, who joined the GVSU facul ty in 1989, hopes to graduall y introduce the entire campus to the concept and value of the program. Her plans include an all-day conference at Grand Va ll ey, scheduled for Monday, October 5, involvi ng participants from all disciplines and professional levels to explain and investigate the nature and role of Women and Gender Studies now and in the future. The conference is titled "New Dimensions in Women and Gender Studies." continued on page 3 3

Across Campus continuedji·om page 2 Music Professor Wins as recent performances of those works," ASCAP Award said Maril yn Bergman, President and Chown also plans to distri bute a Chairman o f the Board of ASCAP. monthly newsletter on campus, whi ch Robert Shechtman, associate profes­ About 1,500 composers receive will include announcements of activities sor of music at Gra nd Va ll ey State ASCAP awards each year in varying pertinent to WGS, short articles and University , has been chosen as a dollar amounts. reviews of current books, medica l recipient of a 1998-99 ASCAP Awa rd. d iscoveri es, anthropological, historical, The cash awards, from the American Shechtman has written compositions scientific and sociological find ings of Society of Composers , Au thors, and fo r orchestras, cho irs, chamber music, note and interest to the community . films, theatre , dance, multimedia and The Women and Gender Studies electronic sound. A professor at GVSU minor offers an interdisciplinary curricu­ since 1971 , he also directs the ja zz lu m based on the scholarshi p of the orchestra and performs jazz locall y in study of women, men, gays, lesbians, west Michigan. and bisexuals. Students who earn the Professor Produces Second CD minor take a three-course core and four electives. Of Organ Music Phil Pratt, professor of Mathe matics The Women and Gender Stud ies and Statistics, has produced his second minor is intended to acquaint students CD of organ music, titled "Music from with the scholarship on women and the Heart: The Tenth Anniversary gender; to raise awareness of how Concert," a recording of the concert he ca tegori es of gender and sexuality affect gave last December at LaGrave Chris­ and are affected by our everyday lives, tian Reformed Church . The p rogram histo rical currents, social institutions, included several o rgan selecti o ns as science, art, and literature; and to Bob Shechtman rebearses with tbe jazz well as soprano solos performed by prepare students for graduate school orchestra. Susan Heartwell. and/ or careers where knowledge of and Publishers, are granted by an indepen­ sensitivity to gender issues are relevant. The CD is available free of charge. dent panel to encourage writers of To obtain a copy o f the CD o r his first "I think achieving a WGS minor will serious music. CD, titl ed "O rgan Music from the help students look at how people are "The awards are based on the Heart " contact Heartside Ministry, perceived," says Chown, "and how unique prestige va lue of each writer's 54 S. 'Divisio n, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, gender plays an important role in the catalog of o ri ginal compositions as well or contact Pratt through cc:Ma il. way we perceive o ne another. "

SSB Welcomes David Frey Faculty and continuedji-0111 page 1 expanded convention complex. He Staff Sketches the community. He has served as serves as a trustee for the Frederi ck Danny L. Balfour, director of the chairman of the Grand Design 2000 Meijer Charitable Trust and the Gerald School of Public and onprofit Admin­ campaign, that raised $15 million in R. Fo rd Foundatio n. He is chairman istration, is a recipi ent of th e 1998 Best private funds fo r GVSU's Ri chard M. and trustee of the Frey Foundation, a Book Awa rd from the Public and DeVos Center in downtown Grand priva te famil y fo undatio n. Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Rapids. He serves on the board of the Frey began hi s busin ess career in Management fo r his co-authored book, Seidman School of Business and as a 1971 at Manufacturers Hanover Unmasking Administrative Evil, Sage trustee for the GVU Foundation. Corporati o n in ew Yo rk . Afte r Publications, 1998. The award was Frey is a me mber of the Michigan returning to Grand Rapids and given at the Academy's Annual Meeting Business Ro undtable, cha irman o f the assuming a positi o n at Uni o n Bank & in Sa n Diego. Junio r Achieveme nt Leade rship Circle, Tru st in 1974, he became its preside nt James Scott, associate professor of and serves o n the board of the Ri ght in 1979. Frey was presid e nt of Union Movement Science, presented a paper, Place Program. He is co-chair of the Bancorp, Inc., when it merged with titled "Status of Yo uth Wrestling in the Grand Action Committee, w hi ch led ati o nal Bank o f Detroit in 1986. United States of America," at the the effort to build the Va n Andel Arena and now works to develop an continued on page 5 4

Coming Events

Arts at Noon Series Begins Conference to Address Issues Gulembo, assistant dean of the Seidman School of Business. September 15 For Nurses in Managed Care Check next week's Forum calendar Organist Barry Turley opens the The Kirkhof School of Nursing at for dates, times and locations of GVSU Fa ll Arts at Noon Series on Grand Va ll ey State University is hosting Business Week lectures and events. Tuesday, a September 15-16 conference that will September 15, address the implicati ons of managed care for registered nurses. Mammography Unit to Make with a concert Third Visit to GVSU on the Van The conference, at the Eberhard Andel pipe Center, is co-sponsored by Holland The Saint Mary's Mammography Unit organ. "Turley's Community Hospital, Metropolitan w ill return to GVSU's Allendale campus wide repertoire Hospital, Saint Mary's Health Services on September 24 and September 28 to spans the and Spectrum Health. provide mammograms for GVSU employees. In addition, the unit will centuries and Mary Tonges, of the Center for Case visit the Eberhard Center on the Grand issues exciting Management in Boston, will kick off the Rapids campus on October 9. · chall enges to conference w ith a keynote address at Grand Valley's 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15, "A woman's chances of surviving Reuter organ," titled "Case Management; The Big breast cancer, the most common cancer says Julianne Vanden Wyngaard, series Picture." The conference continues all in American women, are greatly coordinator. day Wednesday, September 16, with improved with earl y detection and Soprano Jane speakers and workshops for nurses on treatment," said Benefits Manager Amy Tennis. The American Cancer Society Schoonmaker teamwork, partnering with physicians, a Rodgers and staff model HMO and the ethical and recommends that women should have Kevin Bylsma, legal facets of managed care. their first mammogram at age 35; women 40-49 should have one every pianist, w ill Call the Kirkhof School of Nursing, two years, and women over 50 every • return to Grand x3558, for information on cost and . year. Valley on registration. Friday, Septem­ On the Allendale campus, the unit ber 18, with a UClub Hosts Welcome Back will be parked in Lot F, south of the • concert focusing TGIF Fieldhouse. On the Grand Rapids -ilf on French vocal campus, the unit will be parked in Lot The Grand Va ll ey State University music. Clu b invites all faculty and staff mem­ D, on Fulton Street just west of US 131. Both concerts will be held at 12 bers to join the ir friends and co-workers Appointments will be available on a noon in the Cook-DeWitt Center. for a Welcome Back TGIF on Friday, reserved basis by calling Saint Mary's at September 18, from 4:30-7:30 p .m. , at (616) 752-6756 or (800) 639-6266. Grand Forum Announces The Meadows Club House. Free snacks, September Schedule sub sandwiches, beer, wine, and soft Self-Defense Class Offered Grand Forum, GVSU's educational drinks will be provided. An interactive self-defense course outreach program, begins its fa ll will be held on Thursday, September schedule at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, School of Business Plans 24, from 7-10 p .m., in the Grand River September 15, with a lecture by Hank Week of Activities Room of the . All faculty and staff members are welcome. The Meij er, co-chairman of Meijer, Inc., titled The seventh annual Seidman Busi­ "West Michigan Ties to the Marshall course, sponsored by Sigma Sigma ness Week begins next Monday, Sigma, will provide training for a wide Plan: Arthur Vandenberg." Subsequent September 21 , and runs through Friday, topics will range from a discussion of variety of dangerous situations. Tickets September 25 , with events on both the are $12 and can be purchased in the Social Security reform to political Allendale and Grand Rapids campuses. struggles in the Chicago mob. Student Life Office, 115 Kirkhof Center. Students, faculty, and staff members Ca ll 892-4273 with questions, or e-mail Made up of individuals 55 years and are invited to hear guest speakers [email protected]/ older, Grand Forum has grown to more discuss current issues affecting west than 150 members since it began in the Michigan business and to attend a UClub Holds Golf Tournament fa ll of 1995. Supported by the Division convocation for David Frey, SSB's The Grand Valley State University of Continuing Education and coordinat­ distinguished 1998 Executive in Resi­ Clu b will host the first Blind Draw Two­ ed by Mary Buckmaster, the group dence (see article , page 1). "This is a Person Scramble Golf Tournament at The sponsors lectures, discussions and tours great opportunity for people to get Meadows Golf Club on Saturday, throughout the fa ll , winter and spring. involved and learn about current issues October 3, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Contact Buckmaster at x6615 for more in the business world ," says Kathy information. continued on page 5 5

Coming Events Faculty and Staff Sketches continued f rom page 4 continued from page 3 Susan Martin, professor of Account­ The cost, which is $12 for UClub Federation of Internatio nal Amateur ing and Taxation, was elected chair of the Spectrum Health Finance Advisory members, and $20 fo r non-members, Wrestling conference in Moscow. Committee, which is composed of includes coffee and ro lls, use of the Susanne Glynn, assistant professor of seven community leaders. The commit­ practice range, nine holes of golf with a Social Work, spent three weeks on a ca rt, hot dogs, soft drinks, and prizes. tee oversees Spectrum's compliance fact-finding expedition in Ireland with commitments specified in the The registration and payment dead­ funded by a fac ul ty teaching initiative federal court consent decree, which line is Wednesday, September 30. The grant from the Faculty Teaching and permitted the merger of Blodgett and event w il1 be limited to 48 golfers. Learning Center, a servi ce learning grant Butterworth Hospitals, and annuall y Teams w il1 be drawn from the from the Center for Philanthropy and reports its findings at a community participating golfers at the draw party on Nonprofit Leadership, a research grant­ forum. in-a id from the Research and Develop­ Friday, October 2, at 4:30 p.m. , which Michael P. Lombardo, associate will be held at The Meadows Clubhouse. ment Committee, and the School of Social Work. The goals of the project professor of Biology, presented a paper, Snacks w il1 be provided. Prizes fo r the titled "Benefici al Sexually Transmitted event, in cl uding prizes for longest drive, were to establish an international program site fo r social work students, Microbes and Extra-pair Copulati ons in longest putt, and closest to the pin, will Birds," at the International Society fo r to develop a course and associated be announced at the UClub Ta ilgater, at Behavioral Ecology Conference in curricular mate ri als, and to locate 11:30 a.m. near Lubbers Stadium. Pacific Grove, California. Patrick A. service learning projects and fi eld Contact Mick Doxey, x2284, fo r more practi cum experiences. Thorpe, associate professor of Biology, information. and Harry W. Power, of Rutgers Univer­ Kelly Parker, assistant professor of sity, were co-authors of the pape r. Philosophy, is the author of a book about the late American philosopher Mary deYoung, professor of Sociolo­ C.S . Pierce, titled Th e Continuity of gy and acting chair of the Anthropology L and Sociology Department, presented "our Pierce's Thought, published by Va nde r­ ' 'l (I two papers, titled "Ritual Abuse: A Q"' bil t Uni versity Press. The book explores Postmodern Mo ral Panic" and "Make a )( the concept of synechism, for its Moral of the Devil: An Analysis of 20 scientific sophistication and rigorous Controversial Ritu al Abuse Cases in Six logic. continued on page 6

Benefits Bulletin Spectrum Health Joins Under the terms of the new agree­ ment, 40 primary care physicians and With PPOM approximately 20 pediatric specialists PPOM, a network of health care employed by Spectrum Health w il1 also providers used by participants in Grand join the PPOM provider network. The Va ll ey's group and fl exible medical Benefits Office will provide more plans, has signed an agreement with information about specifi c physicians Spectrum Health, effective August 1, that are joining the network over the 1998. As a result of this agreement, coming weeks. PPOM plan participants in west Michi­ The West Michigan PPOM network gan now have the option of receiving now includes more than 2,500 physi­ care at any Spectrum Health facility cians and other health care providers, incl uding the downtown campus and a wide-range of facilities, including (formerly Butterworth), the east campus Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, (formerly Blodgett), the south campus Metropolitan Hospital, Saint Mary's, Pine and surgical center, and five urgent care Rest, and the newly added Spectrum centers. Faculty and staff members GVSU's 1998 United Way Health. Campaign runs October 5-9. should be aware that any claims submitted fo r services performed after For more informati on, call the August 1 will be reprocessed as "in Benefits Office, x2220. network" services. 6

Calendar of Events

Cultural Events includes free bone density screening test. Upper east arena lobby, FH. Arts Hotline: (616) 895-ARTS 12-1 p.m.: Brown Bag Financial Series. "Managing Personal Gallery Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Finances," presented by Gregg Dimkoff. Cabins A, B, C, Thurs. All activities on the Allendale Ca mpus unless KC. Ca ll x2215 to RSVP. otherwise noted. 12:30 p.m.: Grand Forum. "Adventures in Post Soviet Mon.,Aug. 24-Fri. , Oct. 2 Living." EC. Gall ery hours: Art Exhibit. Faculty Show. Calder Gallery, PAC. Fri. , Sept. 18 11 a. m.-1 p.m.: SIS Training. 112 HRY. Ca ll x3327 to RSVP. Mon., Sept. 14 12 noon: Arts at Noon Se ri es. Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, 12 p.m. -1 p.m.: "Fitting in Fitness" presented by Ca mpus soprano, and Kevin J. Bylsma, pianist. CDC. Wellness. Muskegon River Room, KC. Ca ll x2600 for reservations. 3-5 p.m.: Uni versity fo rum to implement the revised General Education Program. 205 LHH . Tues. , Sept. 15 4:30-7:30 p.m.: UC lub T. G.I.F. The Meadows. 10 a. m.: Grand Forum. "West Michigan Ties to the Ma rshall Plan: Arthur Va ndenberg." EC. Sports 12 noon: Arts at Noon Series, organist Barry Turley. CDC. Sports Hotline: 895-3800. Game times subject to change. 12: 30 p.m.: Grand Forum. Surprise Notable Speaker. EC. Wed. , Sept. 16 6:30 p.m.: Kirkhof School of Nursing conference keynote 3 p.m.: Women's Tennis. Oakland Community College at address "Case Management; The Big Picture. " EC. Ca ll GVSU. x3558 to registe r. Fri. , Sept. 18 Wed. , Sept. 16 7 p.m.: Voll eyball at Saginaw Va ll ey State University. 7:30 a.m.: Kirkhof School of Nursing conference. EC. Ca ll University Center. x3558 to register. All Day: Women's Golf. Dual with Aquinas Coll ege. 8-10 a.m.: SIS Training. 112 HRY. Ca ll x3327 to RSVP. 3 p.m.: Women's Tennis. Mercyhurst Coll ege at GVSU. 12-1 p.m.: Brown Bag Financial Seri es. "Managing Personal 5 p.m.: Women's Soccer at Indiana Uni versity Purdue. Finances," presented by Gregg Dimkoff. Pyle Room, 8th Indianapolis, IN. Floor, EC. Ca ll x2215 to RSVP. 3-5 p .m.: Career Planning & Counseling Center fa ll seminar Sat., Sept. 19 "Strategies for Making Friends." 204 STU. 3 p.m.: Volleyball at . Midland. 4:30-6 p.m.: GVSU Women's Commission fall welcome 11 a.m.: Cross Country at University of Wisconsin-Parkside. meeting. The Meadows. Kenosha, Wl. 11 a. m.: Women's Tennis. Gannon University at GVSU. Thurs., Sept. 17 10 a. m. : Grand Forum. "What to Think About Social Security 1 p.m.: Football at University of Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Reform?" EC. IN. 10 a. m. -12 p.m.: SIS Training. 11 2 HRY. Ca ll x3327 to RSVP. Sun. , Sept. 20-Mon., Sept. 21 11 a.m.-6 p.m.: "Better Bones, Milk Mustache" campaign All Day: Women's Golf at Bowling Green Invitational.

Faculty and Staff Sketches

continued ji-om page 5 Gordon Alderink, assistant professor of Physical Therapy, Countries," to the International Congress on Child and co-authored a paper, titled "Trunk Kinematics Related to the Ado lescent Psychiatry in Stockholm, Sweden. Subphases of the Gait Cycle in Normal Subjects." It was Carol Sanchez, assistant professor of Management, presented by Celeste Sartor in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at presented a paper, titled "Corporate Philanthropy in El the Fifth International Symposium on Three-Dimensional Sa lvador," at the annual conference of the Society fo r Human Movement Analysis. Business Ethics in San Diego, Ca li fornia. Bill Whit, professor of Sociology, presented a paper titled, Rick Albrecht, visiting assistant professor of Physical "Soul Food as Cultural Creation," at the Association fo r the Education, presented a workshop, titled "The Key to Study of Food and Society meeting in San Francisco. Whit Coaching Success: Keeping Yo ur Players (and Yo urself) was elected president of the association for two years Motivated," to 180 youth sport footba ll coaches and league beginning in January 1999. administrators from the Grand Rapids area Rocket Football League.