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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 1 I MAY / JUNE 1001 Editor's Note Th e staff of Echo magazine congra tulates th e fa culty, staff and administrat ors of Western Ken tucky University on another successful academic year. De­ spite the challenges of seemingly end less co nstruc­ lUetf!; -jute- tTl. ,1I1.. a;;11 ••1 ...,...... tion and record student enroll ment, and the fear and confusion ca used by the Sept. 11 attacks, employees r:tww~UO

ON CAMPUS 6 Conserving Energy-A Bright Idea By Kimberly Shain Parsley

8 While We 're on the Subject By Kimberly Shain Parsley

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 12 EDUCATION NEWS 13 IN RETROSPECT 14 Voices from the Past 8y Sue Lynn Stone

STAF F SPOTLIGHT 16 Changing the Face of Kentucky's Teachers By Kimberly Shain Parsley

FACULTY FOCUS 17 Jooyong Ahn-Just Call Him Maestro By Kimberly Shain Parsley 19 Making Music the Old-Fashioned Way By Miranda Wilemon

COMMENTARY 21 It's Economic Development, Stupid! By Aaron W. Hughey

INVEST ING IN THE SPIRI T 23 Cangemi rewards fellow faculty in Psychology Department 8y Carol Cummings

NEWS & NOTES 24

.DUCATION PAYS Focused on Stontelling New building, new technology won't change photojournalism program's emphasis on content

By Tommy Newton

The images flash onto the screen. Smoke rising In thi s multimedi a prese nta ti on , the images, sou nds from the New York skyline. Tears flowing down and writing come together to tell Ihe story of people af­ fected by the attacks on America . "I'm proud of my stu­ of those people's cheeks. Candles burning in memory dents and my colleagues. I've never been prouder," said killed at the World Trade Center. James Kenney, coord inator of Western Kentucky Pi ctures, however, tell only part of the story. There's University's photojournalism program. "Il's a real lesti­ sound. Sounds of grief. Sounds of hope. Sounds of despair. mony of the spirit of our program." Sounds of music. Sounds of family and friends sharing The presentation. produced by WKU students and fac­ their stories of those lost when the buildings collapsed ulty. is th e latest chapter in the story of the nation's pre ­ Sept I I. mIer Journalism and broadcasting program . This fa ll, Sounds and pictures, however, tell only part of the WKU 's School of Journalism and Broadcasting will add an story. There's text Words and numbers provide additional emphasis in new medi a to its photojou rnalism sequence. context and informati on about the sights and sounds.

2 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY ' JUNE 1001 A(AD EMI(Al l Y SPEAK ING

The new media emphasis "increases ou r experti se to when Mike Morse took optional retirement. Morse, who ensure that our graduates will be knowledgeable of best has been with the program since it was established more practices in the field ," sa id Jo-Ann Albers, director of the th an 25 yea rs ago, remains on board in a part-time ro le. School of Journalism and Broadcasting. The school's Ce n­ Joe Imel, chief photographer for the Daily News, also is a ter for 21st Ce ntury Media is Western's second program of part-time instructor. distinct ion. Tim Broekema and Jeanie Adams-Smith are the new­ "II's interesting that before we get started that we've est full-time faculty members. Broekema returned to West­ produced a piece that is representative of what we want to ern last fall after serving as director of photography at the do with that program," Kenney said. Ka lamazoo (M ich.) Gazelte. Adams-Smith, who was a Th e Sep t. I I DVD "is almost exac tly the kind of thing photo editor at the Chicago Tribune and a Knight Fell ow at we wa nt to do but under different circumstances," he sa id. Ohio University, began her duties this se mester. "We want to take an issue and bring toge th er several ele­ "I fee l really bl essed to have such a grea t group of ments of media and produce it in a way to distribute in a people on the faculty," Kenney said. "The talent and en ­ digital format." ergy we have here is tremendous." But taking this latest step into the digital age doesn't Another change for the program will be the move into mean the photojournalism program is going to lose sight the state-of-the-art Media and Tec hnology Hall. of its mission or its tradition. "With the new building, the photojournalism program "Content - telling stori es - is what we've always been is gaining a showcase location on the first floor, an addi­ about," Kenney said. "That has not changed, should not tional studio and electronic imaging lab, extra office change and will not change. We may be using different space, a gallery that it will control and greatly enhanced tools but the result is the security for equipment sa me. We are storytell­ and labs," Albers said. ers." The building also will No amount of high­ include a darkroom. Al­ tech equipment or com­ though the use of dark­ puter editing software rooms has been reduced ca n hide the lack of con­ in the digital age , "we tenl in a story, he sa id. feel there's still a va lue While economic and in it as a teaching tool," production issues forced Kenney sa id. "It makes the newspaper industry our students better to to move more quickly ha ve a taste of it. " into the digital era, That's why th e pho­ Western'S move has ~_ tojournalism program's been more gradual as the tradition of excellence, department blended tra­

WEITERN KENTU CKY UNI VER SITY 3 A( A 0 EM I (AL l Y SPEA K I:...:.:N-=-G_

W EST ERN K S T 0 B R I N G Gir clence•

By Mirando Wilemon

Stacy Wilson has been in the mi­ department and she is now the only Ka trina Phelps, associate professor nority ever since college. When she woman enginee ri ng professor at West­ of psychology, sa id that many girls shy decided to go into engineering as a ern Kentucky University. away from sc ience because they don't "You learn to depend on yourself a feel like it's what they are supposed to freshman at Tennessee Tech, she lot," she said. be interested in. didn't expect to be so alone. Female under-representation in sci ­ "We're losing really, rea lly bright "I would go to classes and there en tific fields is a growing problem that minds that could be dOing great things would be maybe two or three girls," she has received little attenti on until re­ in the field," she said. sa id. cently. Afier attending a women-in­ Phelps and Wilson are now part of Wilson sa id it was hard to fee l like sc ience conference at the unive rsity of the WKU Community Outreach to Girls she belonged in her department even Ke ntucky, Wilson felt that an effort to in Sc ience, a group co mmitted to en­ though she had always been good in interest more women in science needed coura ge girl s' interests in th e sciences. math and sc ience. to be started at Western as well. The program is targeting girls who By graduate school, Wilson said she "Just to give girls some confidence­ are interested in nontraditional fields of was the only woman in the engin eering it's okay to be smart," she explained. study, or fields where the employment

4 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY · JUNE 1001 rate is 75 perce nt male. The project is hoping to change from local middle schools. Science Day Nearly all of the ogden Co llege of th at. allowed girls to choose from II different Science and En gin ee rin g is in volved. The "Girls to Science" idea was born science -related cl asses and offered a Sat­ From chemistry and physics to agricu l­ of a partnership be twee n WKU 's Com­ urday of workshops, lectures and team ture and geology, most of the sciences munity Se rvice and Outreach commit­ projects. Parents and teachers attended are rep resented in th e co mmittee be­ tee in the Women Studies department an awards ce remony at the end of the ca use lack of female enrollment ex­ and WISE, or Wo men in Science and day. tends to every scientific fi eld. Engineering. Kerby said that the com­ In addition to these projects, "Girls to "For everybody, this is an important mittee ori ginally wanted to start a Sc ience" will hold a magic show on May issue," Wilson sa id . "Eve ryone at mentoring program for girls who were 9 open to both girls and boys from local Ogden college is conce rn ed about already interested in science, but after middle sc hools. women in their programs." Phelps wrote the proposal and th e "We hope to show some of the cool Ph elps sa id th at the under-repre­ project received a "We Ca n" grant stuff science ca n do," Phelps sa id. sentation of wo men in scientifi c fi elds (which stands for Women Enginee rs Finally, as the Iynchpin of the whole is a nationally recognized problem. Changing Attitudes Now), "Girls to Sci ­ operation, a "Girls to Science" webpa ge She believes th e problem may have its ence" expanded. Not only did the com­ has been devel oped. root in the schools, where a distinct ion mittee hope to support girls that were "This is the piece th at we hope keeps is made between boys' and girls' inter­ already interested but hoped also to people hooked," Ph elps sa id. ests in science as ea rly as middle raise awareness and spark interest. Th e site (www.wku.edu/ school. "G irls to Science" is now an umbrella girlstosci ence) profiles a different female "In elementary school, the interests heading for several projec ts. sc ientist each week and offers a are the same across the board ," Phelps The committee held a networking chatroom opti on where girls can commu­ said, "but by middle school, something luncheon on April II for women in the nicate with other girls and with women in happens." sc iences on Western 's ca mpus. The th eir fields of interest from all over the Molly Kerby, enrollment manage­ luncheon offered an opportunity for fe­ state. ment instructor, thinks that if girls had male faculty and staff members to voice "The younger you ca n turn them on to more women to look up to, the distinc­ their co ncern s about under-represent­ sc ience, the better chance you have that tions and uneven test sco res might ation and to give suggestions about they will pursue it," Phelps said . "Just giv­ eventually even out. how to solve th e problem. ing it some attention is the first step." "Th ere aren't that many women The program also sponsored "Sci­ Miranda Wilemon is a senior journal­ (scientists( to be good role models," ence Day" on April 25, targeting girls ism student from Birmingham, Ala. Kerby sa id

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WE STERN KENTU CKY UNIVER SITY 5 ON (AMP ~U ~S ______

, Conserving Ener /

A Bri gh tIdea By Kimh~ rlfi~hnili.rnrs{ev

Most of us don't give much thought to energy contract, rather efficiency. We may wince when the electric bill comes legislation did not due during a particularly hot July, but generally, as exist to specifically allow forit. Such legis­ long as the lights come on when we flip the switch, it lation was enacted in doesn't much enter our minds. This began to change t997 _ as the rest of the country watched the news reports Western was selected to be the first state institution allowed of the rolling blackouts in California not long ago. to enter into a performance contract. Suddenly, energy efficiency assumed a greater por­ Osborne sa id this was because, "We tion of our attentions. This was especially true for showed the most interest, and convinced institutions as large and with such vast energy needs the powers tha~ be in the Division of Facilities as Western Kentucky University. Management in Frankfort that w were most eager to be first, and the most prepared." With the campus in need of so many maintenance and "We have a significant amount, over $66 mil­ construction upgrades, it appeared unlikely that improving lion, of deferred maintenance projects on this cam ­ its energy efficiency would be possible in the near future. pus," Osborne sa id. "Thi s was one way to reduce our But that was before Energy Savings Performance Contract­ backlog of deferred maintenance. Even though it was ing. only in energy related projects, all that is in our inventory What is performance contracting? If you don't know, of accumulated backlog." that's OK. You really have no reason to know, since the Osborne sa id he frequently receives calls from other Kentucky General Assembly only recently made it appli­ state agenCies interested in entering in to a performance cable to public postsecondary education institutions and contract He is pleased to report the success of the project other stale age nci es. and largely attributes that success to Project Manager Ben John N. Osborn e, associate vice president of campus Johnson, who serves as Western's liaison between WKU services and facilities, explained that performance con­ and LG&E Enertech and its subcontractors. tracting is a contract whereby an energy se rvice company, "A total often buildings were evaluated for their indi­ in th is case LG&E Enertech Inc. , conducts a field audit of vidual energy savings improvement possibilities," Johnson an agency and upgrades the facility, receiving payment for said . "It came as no surprise that the potential for energy the work over a specified number of years from the sav­ sav in gs was extensive, so certain items were singled ou t in gs realized as a result of the improvements. and addressed_" "This is one of those cases where it's almost too good Light fixtures were retrofitted in five buildings, those to be true," Osborne said, "bu t if done properly, it is a very being Cherry Hall, Environmental Science and Technology good program because you literally take energy savings to Building, Academic Complex, Wetherby Administration pay for improvements lhat are energy related on our cam­ Building and Cravens Graduate Center. pus." Johnson said the new lights use less than 80 percent of Sounds like a good idea, so when do we sta rt? Actu­ the energy used by the old lights (many of them 20 to 30 ally, the project is nearly complete. The proposal was ap­ years old) they replaced _He said that th e cost of the new proved in August. Construction began in October and IS lights can be recouped in less than two years from the en ­ slated to be finished by July I , but IS runnmg well ahead of ergy savings. schedule. Johnson said that approximately 21,457 fluorescent Performance contracts have existed in the private sec­ lamps were replaced . This equates to about 85,800 linear tor for severa l years, but had not been applied to state in­ feet of lamps_If laid end to end, they would stretch more stitutions. It wasn't that the state prohibited this type of than 16 miles.

6 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY - JUNE 2002 In addition to increased energy effi­ ciency, th e project had oth er environ­ mentally friendly components. Many of th e old lamps could be recycled. Approximately 10,728 o ld magnetic ba llasts (more than 13 tons) were replaced. Many had to be properly disposed of because th ey contained a hazardous substance. The o ld bal­ lasts never posed a hea lth risk be­ ca use the hazardous substance was always contained within a part of th e ballasts. "No risk was posed. It wasn't exposed. It was just internal to a device," Johnson sa id. "But the nice thing is th at now it's gone." The bulk of th e work has bee n in Cherry Hall, with not o nly lighting, but also hea ting and cooling units being Ove r­ hauled. Johnson sa id that most people wouldn't notice th e changes, except th at th e lighting in their areas might be a little better or th ey might stay a little more comfort­ able. Th e crews on the project ha ve been working mostly during the night­ tim e hours in order to ca use as little disruption as possible. Five other buildings, those being Academic Co mplex, Helm Library, En vironmental Sc ience and Tech­ no logy Building, Cra ve ns Graduate Ce nter and Grise Hall, will be upgraded with new HVAC, hea ting ve ntilation, and air conditioning, control fea tures . Johnson sa id th at upon completion of the constructi on upgrades, there is an energy sav­ ings guarantee of S252,408 per yea r. This sav­ ings will be used to repay Enertech over t 2 yea rs for the cost of doing the work. "The result of the project is that the Unive r­ Sity will sa ve in excess of 8 perce nt on all future electric utility bills while immediately getting the benefit of mUCh-needed improvements," he sa id. Osborne hopes to enter into a similar performance contract in the near future, but one of larger sca le and scope. Th e Ke ntucky Di vision of Energy is expected to mandate in the near future that all public agencies and institutions reduce their energy costs by to per­ cent. Johnson is proud to report that WKU has alre ady met that requirement.

WES TER N KENTU CKY UNIVER SIT Y 7 ON CAMP US While We're on the Subiect ...

By Kimberly Shain Parsley

When most of us open our mail­ of it demands our attention or piques now se nt to the media via E-mail. boxes, we can determine from the our interest, much of it does nol. So Skipper kn ows that if the subject line packaging or return address whether how do you know what messages are doesn't make a newspaper or TV re­ or not the letter is worthy of our time. worth the interruption? An effective porter want to know more about the Unsolicited sales papers, catalogs and subjec t line ca n eli min ate th e unce r­ story, then the reporter won't open special offers are routinely trashed tainty. the message and the story won't ap­ wi thout a second thought. We know I am guilty of deleting messages pear in the paper or on the six O'clock that th ough the envelope says we th at [suspect are irrelevant to me. news. Thus, information abou t West­ might have won $25,000,000, we When I started thinking about this ar­ ern never makes it to potential stu­ probably didn't. Credit card compa­ ticle, I began tinkering around with dents and th eir parents. nies have gotten quite clever about my subject lines, se nding my col­ "A subject line to an E-mail has disguising the ir entreaties in a way leagues messages with subjec t lines to perform the function of the lead in that doesn't tip us off to the actual like, MOST BRILLI AN T THI NG a newspaper," Skipper sa id. "It has to co ntents inside. But it doesn't take us YOU'VE EV ER READ or IMPOR­ give as much information as possible. long to realize that the absence of a TANT- MUST READ! It got their at­ Reporters get so much E-mail, they return address or even an address ten tion, but I was also frequently in­ don't want to have to read th rough label made to look like it was ha nd­ formed th at my message, typ ica l th e body of the message to find out written is actu ally one of many un­ mundane office stuff, didn't live up to what the message is about. " wanted invitations to increase our its promise. A NO SU BJECT heading And neither do employees at debt ratio. might be more like ly to be opened Western . than one titled, INFORMA­ E-mail has become a form of TION. At least it offers the co mmunicati on critica l to conducting allure of a mystery. the business of the day. At the same ;on has 166 message::>, 16 unread (4 .07 M8 of 5 .0( So what is a subject line? time, it has replaced the teleph one as It goes back to the days when th e biggest disruption to conducting Subject people regularly sent printed th e business of the day. Subject lines memos to inform or more help the receiver of a message deter­ ~ Suq~rise oft en remind someone of mine which messages to open and in ~ Claim Your COflJ1PLIMENTARY Subscrip-!ion something. In pre-E-work­ what ord er to open them. They are ~ Air 3nd Hotel Sp-ecials from $200! places, the average persoll how your messages co mpete with might receive a handfu l of th ose of others for th e attention of L3test S p-eci 031 s Avai I abl e Now! ~ memos a day, as opposed to your colleagues. ~ Thank You for JoiningL today, when people may Subject lines should be as speci fic send an d receive 10 to 100. as possible without being wordy or ~ You've got to trY. th i::; gam e! Have you ever coun ted them? lengthy. Specifici ty is especially im­ ~ Get Free Video Email TodID"l I think you would be portant if the receive r may not recog­ shocked. So with so many E­ ni ze yo ur name or E-mail address. mails, forwa rds and rep li es, a FIRE, as a subject line might not be subject li ne takes on a much appropriate, while FIRE PREVE NTION Yes, we've become skilled at spot­ grea ter importance. It is li ke a teaser SEMINAR TODAY, is less ambiguous ting trash-worthy snail mail, but what to the actual message, the cool trai ler and will avoid alarming rece ivers. about E-mail? to the movie, th e com mercial for a Admittedly, FIRE, would get your My in box is forever fu ll of mes­ popular sitcom, or th e free sa mple at message read by nearly everyone. sages simply titl ed MEETING, or the mall. It has to rope you in and So keep the uses of subject lines TUESDAY or EC HO. I have a folder make you wa nt more, more, more. in mind the nex t time you send a

full of messages titled simply, ECHO. Bob Skipper, WKU's director of message. I must end this noW I as my We at Western send and rece ive vi r­ med ia relations, knows abo ut effec­ computer just dinged, alerting me to tual truckloads of E-mail. While much ti ve subject li nes. News releases are th e arri va l of more messages.

8 E(HO MAGAZINE I MAY· JUNE 2002 ACADEMICAlLY SPEAKING

Congratulations, Concrete Canoe Team Regional Champions! Building a Tradition ofSuccess By Tommy Newton

For the 7th straight year WKU 's Concrete Canoe Team is the Ohio Valley Regional Concrete Canoe champion.

In athletics, it's easy to see that success and tradi­ told the group that hard work would be needed to main­ tion aren't built overnight. The same is true in aca­ tain the tradition of excellence and reminded the team that finishing eighth in the nation was a great accomplishment demic pursuits, especially in Western's Department "Other schools would be happy with an eighth-place finish of Engineering. in regionais," he sa id. Over the past several years, Western students and fac­ The bridge team began its work in October with a simi­ ulty have built a tradition of excellence in civil, mechanica l lar goal in mind - improving its national ranking. In just and electrical engin ee ring. In two civil engineering compe­ two years. Western has made its mark in the National Stu ­ titions - the concrete ca noe and steel bridge events - dent Steel Bridge Competition with 25'h and 38'h place fin ­ Western has become a national player. ishes. The concrete canoe team has finished in th e nation's As the academic yea r progressed, team adviser Greg top 10 forthe past two years - eighth in 200 I and 10" in Mill s, civil engineerin g professo r, remained confident 2000 - and has loftier goals in 2002, its I 0" year of compe­ Western co uld improve its national standing but realized tition. The bridge team finished 25'h nationally in 200 I in that competition at the regional level would be tougher in just its second year of competition. 2002. By late February, the bridge had begun to take Western, which hosted th e 2002 Ohio Va lley regional shape, moving from design into fabrication. competitions in April , finished fi rst in concrete canoe and For its 1Ol h yea r in the event, the concrete ca noe tea m third in steel bridge con tests. named its vesse l "Evolution" to describe the progress of But reaching that point and keeping the dreams of an ­ Western's program and the yearly changes in the canoe other trip to nationals alive ta kes months of hard work, project. preparation and enthusiasm. Evolution is an apt description of the process both When th e concrete canoe tea m began its work in Au­ teams undertook to maintain an eng in eering tradition of gust, advise r Matt Dettman, civil engineerin g professor, excellence. On the following pages, in photographs and text, you'll get an idea of the work that goes on behind the sce nes to build a successfu l progra m.

WfS TER N nNTUCKY UN IVf RSI TY 9 ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING

Building the concrete canoe requires nine to 10 months of hard work - design, testing, building, practicing, competing. The first step in the process is to dismantle the form of 2001's canoe, "Aquavette." The 2S·foot long form is made of foam, ply· wood and drywall compound and rests on a well-built lumber stand. Di sma ntling it is no easy task. "If you want to do well at nationals, you've got to sta rt from scratch right here," Clay Ellis, a Beaver Dam senior, said in between sw ings of his hammer. This is Ellis' third year on the canoe project. He got his sta rt by helping the rowers and has moved up in responsibility each year. Once the old form is disca rded and new models are designed and tested, a new form will be built.

Getting to the finished product requires smaller steps along the way. In October, the team designed and built smaller concrete models that were tested in a wood and stainless steel structure ca lled the weir tester. Clay Ellis and Matt Shockley, a Mount Washington junior, glued short pieces of 3/4 inch pipe into place. When the models were ready for testing, water was pumped into the weir tester, creating turbulence and flowed through the small pipes to simulate race conditions. Elli s, Shockley and Deneatra Flener, a Morgantown sen ior, also worked to mix co ncrete and build small models. The 10 models - eac h with a slightly different des ign - were made of foam, plywood and fiberglass mesh and were covered by the concrete mix. While Ellis and Shockley smoothed the 1/2 inch thickness of concrete, Flener mixed the ingredients that would be the key element of the concrete ca noe. That mixture includes Portland cement, ceramic 714 and 1430 (small aggregates), microspheres, recyclospheres, glass bubbles, durafibers, structural fi bers, acrylset, latex and su perplasticizer. Following a list of amounts, she weighed each ingredient and placed them in a S-gallon bucket. The key is keeping the concrete lightweight but strong, Fl ener said. For example, glass bubbles provide strength without weight.

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Th e form evolved into its final shape by the end of November. The form is built of 97 wooden cross sections separated by 2-inch foam sections. Each cross section is a different size giving the form its shape from the wide middle to the pointed ends. The main difference in this year's form is "a backbone all the way down" that should help in the overall shape of the boat an d help keep the boat straight in rowing competition, Ellis said. In late November, team members used drywall compound to fill holes on the form and sanded it. After the holiday break, a fibergl ass canoe was built for practice and ad ditional testing. In late February, the team spent 21 hours pouring the concrete for the finished product. Before mid-March, team members san ded the concrete and prepared it for pa inting. In the final month before the April competition, team members practiced rowing at Basil Griffin Pa rk and at the Diddle Arena pool. But the work isn't limited to pouring concrete or padding the ca noe. The team also is required to build a display that provides information about the project and to make oral presentations and written reports. "In the fall, we do all the rough work. In the spring, we wrap it all up," Ellis said.

In just two yea rs, Western engineering students have made their mark in the National Student Steel Bridge Competition. Th e team received the 2002 rules and speci fications in October and began making plans for this year's entry. During the fall semester, team members began the design work to improve upon the bridges WKU stu dents built in 2000 and 200 1. Team adviser Greg Mills told the team that the 2002 national champion would be the team that uses the rules to optimize the bridge de­ sign for structural strength, weight, assembly time and economy. By ea rly March, team member Dan Haney, a Munster, Ind. senior, was con fident that Larry Shelton's (Owensboro senior) engineering ca l­ culations had improved the design. "We've ba­ sica lly taken la st yea r's design and improved it," Haney said as he drilled holes in a piece of steel. "We looked at la st yea r's bridge and asked our­ selves, "How can we make this better.N

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNI VER SIT Y 11 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIE S

Submissions for entry in the Professional Activities page should be sent to Kimberly Parsley, [email protected]. The submission deadline for the August/September edition of Echo Magazine;s Friday, June 2'. All submissions must be sent electronically. Please include name, de­ partment, ticle, current position, name of presented or published work and name of publication or conference. No acronyms or abbreviations please.

Counseling and Student Affairs ing the best work in Southern literary studies Plains: The Role of Heterogeneous Soil Physical Drs. Vernon Lee Sheeley and Aaron W. published in 2001. Properties and Land Uses" at the 56th annual confer­ ence of the Southeastern Division of the Association Hughey presented "Legal Updates: What's Hap­ Geography and Geology pening in Postsecondary Education (A DA Is­ of American Geographers, LeXington , Ky., November sues)" at the 26th Annual College Personnel As­ Dr. Katie Algeo presented an invited lecture 2001. sociation of Kentucky (CPAK) Conference, Feb. entitled "Locals on Local Color: Resisting the Dr. L Michael Trapasso published an article 28, at Georgetown College. Construction of Identity in Appalachia" at Ball entitled 'Tourism in the 'Land of the Ozone Hole': A State University, October 2001. Perception Study," in the Proceedings of the First Engineering Dr. Algeo also presented a paper en titled International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Dr. Robert A. McKim returned ror a one­ "Tobacco in Transition: Issues Affecting Burley Recreation , International Society of Biometeorology, year period as the chairman of the South East Growers and Communities" at the Curing the Report on Commissions and Study Groups, WP7 , pp. SOCiety for Trenchless Technology. This profes­ Future: Issues and Strategies in Remaking To­ t-14 (2002). sional society represents industry and academic bacco-Dependent Communities in North Caro­ Dr. Trapasso attended an International Society organizations rrom the nine southeastern states lina Conference, Greenville, N.C., March 2002. of Biometeorology conference in Thessalonika, and Puerto Rico at the national and interna­ Dr. David J. Keeling published a chapter en­ Greece, October 200 I. tional level. titled "Transportation Challenges for Latin Dr. McKim presented a paper entitled "Com­ America in the 21st Century," in Gregory Journalism and Broadcasting bining Vacuum Excavation and Pipe Bursting Knapp's (ed.) Latin America in the Twenty-First Dr. Augustine Ihator's research work entitled, Technology for Lateral Rehabilitation - A Case Century: Challenges and Solutions. Austin: Uni­ "Corporate Communication: Challenges and Oppor­ Study," at the North American Sewer Rehabilita­ versity of Texas Press. tunities in a Digital World ," was published in PUBLIC tion Conference, Atlanta, October 2001 . Dr. Keeling gave an invited lecture entitled RELATIONS QUARTERLY, Vol. 46, NO.4, Winter Dr. McKim also presented a paper entitled "Argentina in the 21 st Century," at Hofstra Uni­ 200 1. "The Development of Risk Ratios for Sewer Pre­ versity, N.Y., November 2001. Dr. Ihator also presented a paper entitled, 'The diction Modeling ," at the No-Dig Conference 02. Dr. Keeling also gave an invited lecture en­ Impact of the 20th Century Social Change on Public Montreal, April 2002. The paper will be pre­ titled "Theory and Methodology in Land-Use Relations Practice," during the Annual Conference of sented in the 2002 proceedings. Planning" at the Karst Dynamics Institute, the American Association of Behavioral and Social Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China, Janu­ Sciences, Las Vegas, February 2002. Economics ary 2002 . Dr. Brian GolTs article (with Robert Debbie Kreitzer presented a paper entitled Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies McCormick, Clemson & Robert Tollison , Uni­ "Environmental Globalization and the Interna­ In February, Dr. Darlene Applegate, assistant versity of Mississippi) , "Racial Integration as an tional Biosphere Reserve Project" at the Ken­ professor of Anthropology, was appointed by the Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Sports tucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting in Governor to serve a two-year term on the Kentucky Leagues," was published in the March 2002 is­ November 200 1 in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and at Natural History Museum Board , which is charged sue of the American Economic Review, pp. 16- the Annual Conference of the Association of with vision ing the development and implementation 26. American Geographers in March in Los Angeles, of a Kentucky Natural History Museum. Dr. Dr. Stephen Lile (with Dr. Michelle Trawick). calif. Applegate also recently submitted a contract report presented a paper, "Explaining Church Perfor­ Dr. Rezaul Mahmood, with K.G. Hubbard entitled "Phase I Archaeological Survey for a Pro­ mance: Evidence from SBC Congregations in the and Q. Hou, published a paper in 200t entitled posed Telecommunication Tower Site in Bowling Midwest" at the 66th annual meeting of the Mid­ "Soil moisture monitoring and modeling in the Green, Warren County, Kentucky" to ATC Associates west Economic Association, Chicago, lit, March Great Plains," pp. 163- 171 in Automated weather in louisville. 14- t 6,2002. Stations Jar Applications in Agriculture and Water Resources Management: Current Use and Future Music English Perspectives. Hubbard, K. G. Geneva and Jooyong Ahn , visiting professor of conducting Dr. Joe Millichap's critical book, Dixie Um­ Sivakumar, M.V.K. (eds.). Lincoln, NE: High and music director of the Bowling Green-Western ited: Railroads, Culture, and the Southern Renais¥ Plains Climate Center. Symphony Orchestra, guest conducted the Busan sance, was published in March by the University Dr. Rezaul Mahmood, with 1.0. Adegoke, Philharmonic Orchestra in Busan, South Korea, on Press of Kentucky. His solicited entries on "Rail­ R.A. Pielke Sr., I.L. Eastman and K.G . Hubbard, Dec. 28, 200 I. The program consisted of works by roads" and ''Tobacco'' appear in A Companion to published a paper in 2002 entitled "Modeling the Dvorak, Rimsky ~ Korsakov, Kreisler, Bellini, southern Uterature (Baton Rouge: Louisiana impacts of irrigation on midsummer surface en­ Mascagni, Verdi and Hande1. State University Press, 200t). 718-720, 906-907. ergy budget and the convective boundary layer looyong Ahn also conducted the Carl Orffs Dr. Millichap presented on a panel entitled (CBL) in the U. S. high plains. " Preprints, 16th master work "Carmina Burana" with combined "Rethinking Southern Literature" at the bi ¥a n¥ Confe rence on Hydrology. The American Meteo­ choirs of University Singers, Chamber Singers and nual meeting of the Society for the Study of rological Society. The American Meteorological the Bowling Green-Westem Choral Society with the Southern Literature (SSSl) in March. He also Society: Boston. pp. 192-195. Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra at the was elected to the SSSL executive council and Dr. Mahmood presented a paper entitled First Baptist Church in Bowling Green on April 25. to its C. Hugh Holman Award Comm ittee select- "Soil moisture and evapolranspiration in Great continued on page 20

12 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY ·IUNE 1001 EDUCATION NEWS

STUDY: AMERICANS CONTINUE TO million students. The team found the of campus data in its calcu lations. OVERESTIMATE COLLEGE COSTS SAT accurately predicts GPA during the To read the NACUBO report , visit: Americans be lieve that the nation's first yea r and later yea rs in college. http://www.nacubo.org/ public_policy/ colleges and universities provide a high­ Source: cosCoCcollegel quality educa tion and serve as an eco­ Daily University Science News, 2IS102 nomi c engi ne for their home states, ac­ http://unisci.comlstoriesI200211020S023. htm BOOMERS FUEL GROWTH cord ing to findings of a national survey OF ADULT EDUCATION released last week by the American MORE GRADUATES MIRED Adult educa tion programs report a Council on Education (ACE) . However, IN DEBT. SURVEY FINDS Significa nt ri se in enrollment , thanks to the public believes that future sta te The number of university students baby boomers. According to th e Na­ budget cuts could threa ten the educa­ borrowing money to cover ed ucational tional Ce nter for Educational Statistics ti onal quality of institutions and limit the expenses is on the ri se, according to a and the Census Bureau, the number of economic benefits they provide. The na­ new study by the State Pub lic Interest U.S. coll ege and uni ve rsity students tional survey is the third study ACE has Research Groups. Between 1992 and over the age of 35 has increased from conducted in recent years on public 2000, ed ucation debt doubled in size. t t .7 percent of those enrolled in 1980to opinion regarding the value, cost , and Today, two-thirds of all college students 20.8 percent in 200 I . This surge has quality of u.s. higher education institu­ borrow to finance their educations, and been most visible in professional de­ tions. The latest study focuses only on four out of 10 students are saddled with gree programs, but unconve ntional public colleges and uni ve rsities, while "unmanageable" debts afier graduation. study tracks have also witnessed a rise ea rlier surveys - conducted in 1998 and According to the study, the average col­ in enrollment. Grea ter opportuniti es 2000 - examined opinions on all higher lege student graduating in 2000 owed for career advancement and the avail­ education institutions, both public and almost $ 17,000, a hefiy increase over ability of online educational options are private. the average $9,t 88 owed by t 992 gradu­ widely credited for re-energizing inter­ Source: ates. The report used data supplied by est in higher education among older American Council on Education, 2111102 the United States Census Bureau and ad ults. http://www.acenet.edu/hena/issues/20021 the National Center for Education Statis­ Source: 02-11-02Inationa/.survey.cfm tics at the Department of Education. Associated Press, 2127101 To read the full report, visit: http://fyi.cnn.comI2oo2Ifyil LUMINA REPORTS STUDY ERRORS http';/www.pirg.org/highered/ teachers.ednewsl021271 The Lumi na Foundation for Educa­ burdenofborrowing.html boomer.business.aplindex.htm/ tion has reported errors in its research Source: New York Times, 318/02 report - Unequal Opportunity: Disparities http://www.nytimes.comI20021031081 CAN THE NEXT NCAA PRESIDENT in College Access Among the 50 States - educationI08DEBT.htm/ REFORM COLLEGE SPORTS? re leased Jan. 7, 2002 . Lumina fou nd that Afier serving as the head of the Na­ seve ral instituti ons were miscJassified in NACUBO ANALYZES tional Collegiate Athletic Association the afTordability column and in one other COLLEGE COSTS for nearly a decade, Ced ric Dempsey is col umn. The report was met with resis­ The National Association of College stepping down. Over his eight-year tance when it was released last month; and University Business Omcers recent ly term, Dempsey has led the NCAA to the higher educa tion community criti ­ re leased a study examining college new heights of profitability and visibil­ cized the foundation's methodology and costs. The study indicates that of the col­ ity. Howeve r, some issues plaguing deplored its use of potentially polarizing leges surveyed, most spend more to some member schools remain unre­ language such as "i naccessible" and educa te their students than they receive solved, including the in creasi ng com­ "unaffordable." in tuition fees. The accompanying meth­ mercializa tion of COll ege athl etics. Source: Lumina Foundation, 1I23102http:// odology will allow any college or univer­ While pa st presidents of the NCAA ha ve www. /uminafoundation.orglmonographsl Sity to show in plain English how much hailed from university athletic depart­ advOI2402.shtm/ it spends to educate its students. ments, some believe naming a former 1 NACUBO undertook the study in re­ university president to the position will STUDY FINDS SAT TEST AN sponse to the t 998 National Commission lend greater legitimacy to the NCAA I ACCURATE PREDICTOR on the Cost of Higher Education report and its angle in this debate . One thing OF COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT that recommended colleges develop a is certa in : Dempsey's replacement faces The College Board and University of clear and simple way of explaining col­ several challenges on seve ral fronts, Minnesota researche rs recen tly co n­ lege costs to policy makers and the gen­ not the lea st of which is a ca ll by the cluded that the SAT test is a valid predic­ eral public. This comes on the heels of a Collegiate Athletes Coa lition to increase tor of college success. The findings are controve rsial report by the Lumina compensa tion for student athletes. based on a meta-analysis of 1,700 stud­ Foundat ion, "Unequal Opportunity: Dis­ Source: American Prospect, 3111102 ies on how well the SAT predicts perfor­ parities in College Access Among the 50 http://www.prospect.arglprinWI3IS/just­ mance in college, encompassi ng over a Sta tes," which was criti cized for its lack r.htm/

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERS IT Y 13 IN RETROSPECT • FROM THE

By Sue Lynn Stone

Music has always been a big part af the Hill. From the practice raoms ta the playing fields, Western Kentucky University students bring our campus alive with the sound of music. Fihy years ago this spring, a football player, a basketball player, a music major and a recently graduated piano player/compaser

bribed Campus Security Officer Aubrey Hoofnel with The record was released in May, and the summer a ten-dollar bill for access to Van Meter audito­ sales figures were about to make Dot Record s rium. There, with the assistance af another foot­ give up on The Hilltoppers. Gathering Jimmy, ball player (whase jab it was to lih the piano's Don, Seymour and Billy in his office to break sticking pedal), Jimmy Sacca, Don McGuire, the news, Wood was interrupted by a ca ll from a Cincinnati distributor requesting 1,000 cop­ Seymour Spiegelman and Billy Vaughn recorded ies of "Trying." The song hit Billboard charts Billy's composition, IJTrying,1I on a on Aug. 16, and went on to reach number portable reel-to-reel tape recorder. seven and sell more than three million copies. After local OJ Bill Stamps received On Ocl. 26, The Hilltoppers pre­ 15 requests for ''Trying'' the first night miered on Ed Sullivan's Sunday he played it on his popular late night television show, clad in West­ program "Whistling in the Dark." ern Kentucky State College he persisted until he got the beanies and letter sweaters, ear of Randy Wood, president gray flannels and white bucks. of Dot Records in Gallatin, Ironically, the quartet had to Tenn. Wood then chose to purchase sweaters in New make a professional recording York, as the television te,hni­ of the song in Van Meter. cians did not think their West­ Jimmy Sacca recalled that after ern athletic sweaters would be six hours of takes with mid­ camera-friend ly. The beanies night approaching, Wood sug­ ' disguised Billy's receding hair­ gested that they try just one line. Had it been color televi­ more. He liked what he heard. sion , the contrast between ma­ They then recorded "You Made roon sweaters and red beanies Up My Mind" for the nip side in would have been unsettling. only 30 minutes. Wood se­ Don McGuire said that at lected the name "The the time, he had been uncer­ Hilltoppers" and promoted the tain what to expect from the young quartet as college stu­ choreographer. Although dents.

The Hillroppers - clockwise from top: Jimmy Sacca, Seymour Spiegelman, Don McGuire, Billy Vaughn

14 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY · JUNE 2002 Jimmy's prev ious performance experi ence was eviden t, th e rest of the swaying Hilltoppers appeared a bit star­ struck. In January t953, The Hilltoppers' second single, "I Keep Telling Myself," reached number 26 on the charts, while side B, "Must I Cry Aga in," rose to number t5. Normal life for the three college students soon became four days of classes and three on the roa d (or, more accu­ rately, in the air). Bi lly Vaughn's diploma ea rn ed him th e Oexibility to drive rather than risk his life weekly as his co­ horts headed to cities across the continental United States and Ca nada in a chartered plane. Friday and Sa turday per­ form ances usually consisted of two sets: the first in their The Hilltoppers' first 45 record with "You Made Up My Mind, " trademark sweaters and beanies, the second in tuxedos. 'Trying," "Must I Cry Agoin," ond "1Keep Telling Myself." Sacca said thatlhe ea rly days consisted of much more than just performances at nightclubs, colleges and com­ munity events: Successful groups knew that radio show fa ns to continue hearing new songs by the group without appearances, television spots and teenage fan clubs pro ­ interruption. During this time, "P.S. I Love You," "I'd moted record sa les. Ra ther Die Young," "Love Wa lked In ," "From Th e Vine Ca me the Grape" and "Till Then" all hit Billboard 's top to Their e!Torts paid off on Nov. 27, 1953, when Jimmy chart, and "If I Didn 't Care" hit number t7. received a telegram from Cash Box magazine notifying him that the Juke Box Operators of America had voted The Ever the promoter, Sacca wasted no time upon his Hilltoppers the best vocal combination of t953. return stateside, forming a traveling group of Hilltoppers Gelling a college education was not the only disruption with Eddie Crowe, Clive Dill and Bob Gay. A yea r later, to The Hilltoppers' success as entertainers. Jimmy, Don Karl Garvin and Lou Master replaced Clive and Bob; the and Seymour each served in the U. S. Army. Drafted in national fan club publication, Hilltopper Topics, assured March 1953, lead singer Jimmy Sacca's voice was not si­ its members lhal this substitution was also temporary un­ lenced by his tour of duty in Japan, Okinawa and Korea. ti l Don and Seymour were discharged from the Army. Fi­ The common music business practice of "canning" record­ nallyon March t , 1957, the originals reunited with the ings to be re leased over a period of time allowed devoted exception of Billy Va ughn, who continued his work as a success ful compose r and music director for Dot Records ra ther than as a member of The Hilltoppers. Eddie Crowe Th e Hilltoppers' sheet music of 'Trying" received a dedication from rep laced him in th e group. Ed Sullivan when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1952. During the t950s, The Hilltoppers toured Great Brit­ ain , Germany, France , Japan, Okinawa, Formosa and th e Philippi ne Islands. The Hilltoppers' own fan club newsletters document the oncoming popularity of rock 'n' roll. The July-August 1957 issue included a story entitled "El vis for President?" Responding to the question "What do you think of Rock and Roll?" in November-December t957: Seymour com­ mented, " ... I shall be happier when rock and roll is re l­ egated to a position of lesser importance on th e popular mu sic scene." The ca lypso hit, "Marianne," and "The Joker" both re­ leased in 1957, were The Hilitoppers' last hits to appear on the Billboard chart. The group performed on tours from t968 to 1979, much to the delight of fans who fell in love to their bal­ lads in the t950s. Pl ease join the Hilltoppers and their fans as "P. S. I Love You: The Hilltoppers" opens May II at2 p.m. at the Kentucky Building! Sue Lynn Stone is the university archivist.

WESTERN KEN TU CKY UNI VER SITY 1S STAFF SPOTliGHT -'-'-"-'-- --

wrote and received a grant rrom the Ken ­ Changing the Face tUCky Department or Education to rund the Minority Educator Early Identification of Kentucky's Teachers Program, designed to interesl middle grade students in teacher education. By Kimberly Shain Parsley ships, helping them with the student "We need to sta rt interesting even teaching portion or their educations and younger students in teacher education ," inrorming them or job opportunities and she said. "By the time they are in high writing letters of recommendation once school , ir they haven 't been rollowing a they graduate. college prep program and no one has "Basically, I provide any assistance talked to them about the importance or that they need to be admilled, matricu­ doing well on the ACT and making the late, graduate and get a job," she said. grades, it is much more difficult ror them." Godo-SOlo said that her experience as She said getting minority students in­ a teacher has allowed her to be more er­ terested in becoming teachers as early as fective in recruiting and assisting stu­ possible gives them an advantage once dents. "I know what we're looking ror in they get to college. They are more likely classroom teachers, the rigors or gelling to rulfill the College or Education Admis­ through the program, the coursework and sion standards and receive scholarships. the testing requirements," she said. Godo-Solo said this need to start en ­ According to Godo-Solo, opportunities couraging interest in teacher education to visit schools to talk about minority op­ among minority students at a younger age portunities in teacher education are un ­ underscores why it is so important to rortunately rare. To ensure that such in­ have minority teachers in schools. Leislie Gada-Solo first came to formation gets to interested students, she "I think it is important that students Western Kentucky University as a has written and been awarded several see themselves - that they see others - but that they see also themselves in their teacher at Maplewood High School in grants rrom the Kentucky Department or Educa tion to bring students to campus ror teachers," she said. Nashville to bring her Spanish class summer residential programs. The Godo-Solo said that in KentUCky, mi­ to the Foreign Language Festival Teacher Bridge Program is one example. nority students make up 12.8 percent or here_ That's when WKU recruited her. The Teacher Bridge Program allowed all students, while only 4.1 percent or Not actively, not even intentionally, minority high school and community col­ teachers are minorities. "There is a great lege students to come to campus and need to bridge this gap," she said, "not but the campus and the people made learn about the requirements and classes only because minority teachers act as role quite an impression on her. involved in becoming a teacher. This pro­ models ror minority students and greatly "I thought wow, what a nice univer­ gram was on campus rrom 1999-0 I , but influence students or color, but because sity. I like it here," she said. this year, Godo-Solo sa id she's doing they also act as role models ror white stu­ That was five years ago. Since then, something a lillie diITerent. A grant rrom dents as well. The presence orminority Gado-Solo has been recruiting others to the Cou ncil on Postsecondary Education teachers in the classroom helps white stu­ Western and to the teaching proression will allow the Minority Teacher Recruit­ dents appreciate other cultures and in­ through her work as coordinator or the ment Center, in collaboration with creases their exposure to diversity. Minority Teacher Recruitment Center. Teacher Services and the area community This year, Western awarded over She is responsible ror recruiting minority colleges, to host a three-day residential $190,000 in scholarship runds to minority students who want to be teachers into sem inar that will bring about 50 commu­ students majoring in tea cher education. WKU's College or Education and Behav­ nity college students to the WKU campus That makes Western second only to the ioral Sciences. That means working to learn about teacher education pro­ university or Louisville in Kentucky in closely with the admissions and financial grams and requirements . both the amount or scholarship runds aid departments, visiting area high "What we round was that there is a awarded and the number or scholarship schools, building and maintaining rela­ disjoint in gelling the community college recipients. Godo-Solo is proud or thiS, and tionships with high school guidance students here," she said. "They didn't al­ proud to be able to help those students counselors and devising programs to ways get connected with our office and reach their goals. bring students to campus to learn about didn't know exactly what they ought to be "I thoroughly enjoy what I do because Western and the many opportunities it doing to be admitted into teacher educa­ it atlows me to utilize so many different can hold ror them. But that's just the be­ tion ," sk ills and because I have daily opportuni­ ginning orwhat she does. She said the The seminar will help students get ac­ ties to impact students' lives," she sa id. real work begins once students enroll. curate information about testing require­ "No day is the same, and it is a wonderrul She supports minority teacher education ments, become familiar with the campus reeling to help students develop emotion­ students by rererring them to tutoring and meet with advisers. ally and proressionally." when needed, administering scholar- In the summer or 2000, Godo-Solo

16 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY· JUNE 2002 fAC ULTY fOCUS

JUST CALL HIM MAESTRO

By Kimberly Shain Parsley

}ooyong Ahn, visiting professor in Western Kentucky Th at was when the seed was plan ted. Ahn sa id he Uni ve rsity's MU sic Departm ent and Music Director of the sometimes thought to himself, someday, maybe I'd like to Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra, was born in be a conductor. Seoul , South Korea, to a musica l family. His uncie played Ahn co ntinued to love and study music, receiving his the piano and his father the piano and organ. Ahn too undergraduate degree from Kyung Hee Unive rsity in South studied the piano, but soon became bored with it and in­ Korea in violi n and viola performance, but still , th e id ea of stead chose the violin, which he ca me to love. becoming a conductor never lell him. He decid ed to pur­ He played the violin in his junior high orchestra, which sue his dream, and soon ca me to the United States, to the read fro m hand-written shee t music because copy ma­ Shepherd School of Music at Rice Universi ty in Houston, chines we re not available. Someone had to copy th e mu­ Texas, where he received a degree in orc hestra l conduct­ sic from the orchestra score. Ahn volunteered. ing. "I knew the music because I looked at it for hours and "I'm like the pilot of a big airplane, a Boeing 747 ," Ahn hours," he said . "Sometimes I knew the music better than sa id. "I have 300 passengers plus a dozen crew. That's the teacher. " like my life , being conductor of the orchestra."

WESHiN KENTUCKY UNIVERS IT Y 17 The airplane analogy is an apt one, ing on with the orchestra." uting to the decreasing number of since Ahn's career allows him to travel She said that Ahn's greatest contri­ string players. "It goes in a vicious all over the world as a guest conductor. bution is his willingness to meet and circle. When you don't have enough He recounted some of his most memo­ listen to members of the commun ity, teachers, you don't have enough stu­ rable performances, one of which was something she said is critical to the dents. When you don't have enough in 1993 in Latvia. The date was Nov. success of the Bowling Green Western stud ents, you don't have enough 22, the 30 th anniversary of the assassi­ Symphony Orchestra. teachers. " nalion of President john F. Kennedy, a The orchestra is made of students, Groom said that Ihe responses fact that had escaped Ahn, but surpris­ community members and hired musi­ from students toward Ahn have been ingly, not the people of La tvia. cians from Nashville and Louisville. nothing but favorable. Ahn teaches a For the concert, Ahn had pro­ Both Ahn and Groom said that a major music ap preciation course fo r non-ma­ grammed a piece ca lled "Elegy," com­ challenge facing the orchestra is a lack jors, and Groom said it is great for the posed by Samuel jones, Ahn's mentor of string players, something that is in­ stud ents in that class to see their pro­ from Rice University. Before the con­ creasinglya nationwide issue. Ahn fessor conduc t an orchest ra. She sa id cert, Ahn was interviewed by a local attributed the problem to a historic link he's had a positive impact on the stu­ television station and presented with between instrumental music programs dents he teaches in class and th ose he the significance of the date. A stunned and athletics. leads in the orchestra. Ahn then told the interviewer how Groom agreed. "We can't have "I've heard very good things from jones had composed "Elegy" right aller marching violins at haJllime, and they the kids about rehearsals," Groom Kennedy's assassin ation. don't carry we ll in Diddle Arena." said. "He's very matter-of-fact and "I told th em about the stDly behind Ahn said that even larger orches­ down to earth in rehearsals, but he the composition," he said. "That's why tras such as St. Louis and Cincinnali gets a lot of stuff done and being musi­ that concert is memorable." are feeling the effects. As professional cal at the same time. A lot of times Another performance that Ahn string players begin to retire, he esti­ those four things just don't go hand in treasures came in \994 in Slovakia, mates that 80 percent to 90 percent of hand." where he was asked to give a concert their replacements will be from japan, She said the diversity he brings to of American music. This was impor­ China and Korea. He said that unless the department, being from South Ko­ tant to Ahn because he had become a the trend shills, all the string players in rea , and hi s experience as an orchestra citizen of the united States and this symphonies will be Oriental. conductor benefilthe students, the or­ was the first time he had th e opportu­ He pointed to Western's own music chestra and the community. nity to conduct a performance of works department, where there is no full -time "He's nexible and adaptive, but by all American composers. It was string professor (only two part-time also scholarly," Groom said, "and also the first lime a concert of all professors from Nashville) to illustrate. that's evidenced in the product he gets American mllsic had been performed Groom sa id that a nationwide after he stands in front of the sym­ in that country. shortage of music teachers is contrib- phony." "I wasn 't sure whether they would accept the American mu sic sin ce they used to be a Soviet ally," Ahn sai d, "but the reception was wonderful." So wonderful in fact that the audi­ ence asked for an encore, which Ahn had not prepared. So they played for the second lime th at night, "Adagio," by Samuel Barber, 1910- 198J. "They were thrilled. I had a stand­ ing ova lion and everything," Ahn said. In addition to conducting, Ahn has taught in South Korea and Pennsylva­ nia, and said he enjoys teaching at Western. "I like th is area, and Bowling Green has so much potential for cu l­ tural growth." WKU Music Department Head Mitzi Groom sa id, "We're pleased to have him. He's a fin e addition to our depart­ ment. We're very proud of what's go-

18 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY· JUNE 1001 FACULTY FOCUS

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By Mirando Wilemon

It's a typical Monday morning. Molly century that they rewrote and made their Kerby, enrollment management instruc­ own. tor, sits in Helm Library, room 6. Three "Jack had to rewrite the lyrics beca use floors up, Jack Montgomery, library auto­ they don't make se nse to us anymore," mation and technical service coordina­ she said. tor, sits behind a computer screen in 309 Morris said that she finds the diversi ty and all the way across campus, Susan in their mu sic as interesting as the diver­ Morris, T I Ta s staff assistant, is just get­ sity in the people she plays with. She said ting her day started in Tate Page Hall. that everyone in the band shares both There they are, all hard at work for West­ their ideas and their favorite kinds of mu­ ern from 8to 4:30. But by that night, sic. they've kicked off their shoes and with "Even though we're all from different all thoughts of their day job behind them, decades, we all just like music," she said. they get started on what Kerby ca lls their But it's not just about the music. "stre ss reliever." Montgomery said he feels that the mutual They make music. goodwill between the band mates is the "We can do other stuff besides re­ glue holding the group together. search!" Kerby laughed. "We have a genuine affection and re­ The three Western employees are spect for each other which comes through also known as Lost River, a local band in the music and performance," he said. blending folk and Celtic accents into Lost River ge ts around town. They've original music. With a mix of guitar, har­ played at Barnes and Noble, at the Coffee monica, flute, mandolin and banjo, they Zone and they play every other Tuesday crea te a sound that Montgomery ca lls night at the Cumberland Grill. They also "mythic folk," receiving inspiration from played at the "Diversity Rocks" concert. British Isles, Appalachia, and southern Kerby said she loves the band, though gospel. not everything works like clockwork. The band originally formed in August Even fi nding a place to practice every 2000, when the three were asked to put Monday night ca n be a struggle. She said some songs together as the entertain­ they'd been practicing at Susan 's house ment for the annual meeting of the most recently, but that the arrangements Women's Alliance . may have to be changed. Morris thinks the spontaneity that got "We just kind of wander around," she the band started is one of its defining explained. "Susan's husband's about to characteri stics. "Between us all, we can jump off the balcony-we're dri ving him put something together, which is kind of crazy." neat," she said. Despite the small difficulties, she also Montgomery agreed. Everything sa id it's worth it. clicks, he said. "That's sort of our getaway and we "We've managed to put together a love playing," she sa id. unique sound without the standard clash Morris agreed. "I just think it's great! " of egos that is so common in this busi­ she said. "We 'll continue playing as long ness," he said. as we can ." Most of the music the band plays is !5 Currently, Kerby and Morris are help- original. Kerby said that some of the ~ ing Montgomery with a solo CD, "Onward copyright laws restrain their abilities to to Avalon," and also hope to record Lost perform other people's music. Yet she § Rivers own CD sometime next year. also sa id that they have found some ~_ Miranda Wilemon is a senior journalism pieces online from as far back as the 16" student from Birmingham, Ala.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERS IT Y 19 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, continued from poge 12 Dr. John Carmichael, Band, guest conducted the District XII Senior Band in Reston, Va., and the United States Army Ground Forces Band at the Southern Division College Band Directors National Association Conference in Atlanta, Ga. Congratulations Dr. Mitzi Groom, department head, has participated in conventions, con­ ferences and meetings of the American Choral Directors Association in Hono­ on a successful academic year lulu, Hawaii, Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, III., Oklahoma City, Okla. , and West Palm Beach, Fla. Premieres of compositions by Dr. Michael Kallstrom have been performed in Nashville, Tenn. ("You Might Uke to Hear My Organ,"). london, England ("Headbanger'), and los Angeles, Calif ("Crazy Rhythm"). He served as guest composer and performer for the New Music Festival at Heidelberg College, and for the Southeastern Composers League Forum at Mercer University. Sylvia Kersenbaum, Piano, performed for the attendees at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference in Louisville, Ky. The University Choir, under the direction of Dr. Ronnie Oliver, was invited to perform at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference in Louis­ ville, Ky. This distinguished honor was granted to only two universities in Ken­ tUCky. Dr. Wayne Pope, Voice, was a guest artist with the Mineral Area College Choirs, Choral SOCie ty and "KICKS" Jazz Band in Farmington, Mo. Dr. Marshall Scott, Trumpet, and Mr. John Martin, Guitar, performed in a faculty jazz quartet at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference in Louisville, Ky. Joe Stites, MUSic Education, adjudicated band festivals and marching con­ tests in Muhlenberg County and Madisonville, Ky., and also served on the In­ ternational Board of Phi Beta Mu, an honorary bandmasters fraternity, at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, 111. Dr. Robyn Swanson , Music Education, presided at the February meeting of the Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference in Louisville, Ky ., and currently serves as President of that organization.

Nursing Susan Jones was selected by the National Council of State Boards of Nurs­ ing Inc., to participate as a National Council Ucensure Examination (NCLEX) item writer in a NCLEX item development panel session held in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 20-23, 2002. Jones was one of 15 nurses from across the nation to be se­ lected for this prestigious aSSignment.

Psychology Dr. Sleven Wininger published two articles entitled "The anxiolytic effect of aqua aerobics in elderly women," and "Instructors' and classroom charac­ teristics associated with exercise enjoyment by females," in Perceptual and Motor Skills. Public Health Drs. Michael Ballard, Dixie Dennis and Usa Undley received a grant award of $50,000 from the Summer Teacher's Academies, Kentucky Depart­ ment of Education for a one-year period . The project title is "Personal and to our commencement Social Skills," and is intended to assist K-12 teachers across the Common­ wealth in developing standards-based, content-focused health instruction units. participants, Dr. Leila Dabbagh served as guest editor of a special issue of The Health EducaUon Monograph , focusing on women 's health. She also had an article entitled "Female Genital Cutting: Applying the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model to our students and the faculty who Understand the Incentives for the Practice," published in the same issue. helped them reach this milestone, Dr. Dixie L. Dennis and Dr. Michael D. Ballard have an article entitled "Ecstasy: It's the Rave," (In Press) in The High SChool Journal.

20 E(HO MAGAZINE I MAY· JUNE 1001 COMMENTARY It's Economic Development, Stupid!

By Aaron W. Hughey

Good morning. class. percentage of those reading this piece will probably be out Economic develop ment. of a job within the next few yea rs. When we hear the term, and If that didn't get your attention, th en you are free to we have been hearing it a lot move on to the next article in this magazine or perhaps lately, the general reaction is something else that is more suited to your intellectual usually less than enthusiastic. capabilities. Too bad Echo doesn't have a ca rtoon section. Actually, it sounds suspiciously To be fair, getting a handle on economic developm ent is like something you'd run ollen hampered by the fact that a lot of the folks who are across on C-SPAN. "The currently writing about it don't seem to have much of a clue Presiden t's Co nference on about what it is or why it is importan t. Economic Development." It Then again, we should be used to that in higher also sounds like a topic that education. J routinely run across "experts" in the academy. would cause most of us to surf A few actually dese rve the title; the majority tend to be of on to the next chann el without the self-proclaimed variety. Regardless, aller talking with much hesi tation. many of th em for just a few minutes, I find myself To put it bluntly, economic wondering how they remember to development just seems like it would breathe on a consistent basis. be really, really BORING. But I digress. That's a lecture for When I fi rst started looking into another day. Let's get back to economic development, I was more The views expressed here economic development. than a little skeptica l. The term are not necessarily those of Economic develop ment is seemed vague and somewhat the Echo or University Rela­ currently a major thrust on both the mysterious. Perhaps even a bit tions staff. Letters to the national and state/ local level. In a faddish. Editor and commentaries are very fundamental sense, Western Admittedly, in some of its more welcome and should be sent Kentucky University contributes to the ambiguous inca rnations, economic to [email protected]. economic development of the development does share a few Submitted materials may be region through its very existence . similarities with those concepts edited for length and clarity. Western is obviously a major people tend to invent when they employer within the area and don't have enough real work to do. contributes significantly to the loca l Ye t I was sufficiently intrigued to economy. Undeniably, Western also pursue it further. Looking back, it was the right decision. contributes to economic development through its gradu­ As is often the case, first impressions ca n be very ates. On average, those who successfully complete their deceiving. Those of you with an open mind kn ow exactly degrees at Western are more likely to ha ve a higher stan­ what I mean. The rest of you probably don't. dard of living and overall quality of life than those without a Anyway, the more I looked into economic development, college education. This, in turn, positive ly impacts the the more I realized that this is important stuff. Pe rhaps economy in a number of tangible and intangible ways. even critica l to our surviva l. Or at least our quality of life. There are those who fee l that this should be the extent If you've made it this far, please don't stop rea ding now. of the in stituti on's involvement in economic develop ment. As much as parts of thi s article may read like a se rm on, I'm Unfortunately, most of those who hold this view are wrong. not trying to co nvert th e nonbelievers. I recognized that as Their view of the purpose of higher educa tion seems to be a futile endeavor on most college ca mpuses long ago. I am frozen in the distant past. simply attempting to explain why economic development is Let me try to explain this once more. Please note that inherently linked to the future efficacy of higher th e following explanation is targeted at those among us education as a cultural institution. who are rather slow on th e uptake. Oh, and the fact that if we don't take issues like economic development more se riously, then a large

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIV ER SI TY 21 In order to flourish, higher education must change. mission. In the future, they will be reflective of its core Those of us who work in what is affectionately known as value system. the tvory Tower must recognize and accept that the Lastly, economic development is, at its essence, about academy is fast becoming just like most other societal jobs. Retaining jobs and creating jobs. Like it or not, institutions. We are no longer "special." higher education has an ethical, if not a moral, obligation More than at any point previously, colleges and to analyze and understand workforce trends. It also has an universities are subject to the same forces and pressures as obligation to use this information, along with other other institutions. We no longer occupy an "exempt" ro le in market-driven considerations, when advising students on our societa l hierarchy. We no longer have an exclusive potential majors and careers. contract on the transmission of cu lture or even the For those who may be comprehension-impaired, let me development of new knowledge. We have competitors phrase this more concretely. Individual departmental who can arguably do a better job on both co unts. enrollments will become increasingly irrelevant if it cannot Accordingly, those of us who work in higher education be demonstrated, in a tangible way, that what the should not see ourselves in anyway transcendent or department does contributes significantly to economic otherwise superior to those who work elsewhere. We development on both an individual and a co llective level. increasingly owe our existence, in great measure, to the Keep this in mind when students inquire about the basic laws of supply and demand. Higher education is now availability of jobs in their majors. Don't get me wrong, I a mature industry. It's time we started acting like one. am all for producing an educated citizenry. But it has to be Which brings us back to economic development. an educated citizenry that has the knowledge and ski lls You really can't think about economic development that will be needed in the new economy or the pOint is without thinking about business. Yet within the context of really mute. higher education, there are those who apparently think that An educated citizenry that has the financial means to business is a bad word. Academe is not a business, they maintain a high standard of living would also be good. remind me. It is something much more virtuous. Being intellectually enlightened is one thing. Being Business is concerned with the ruthless pursuit of intellectually enlightened and living on food stamps is financial gain. Higher education, on the other hand, is another. concerned with the more noble pursuit of knowledge and Finally, if you find the term "new economy" confusing insight. or you sti ll aren't sure exactly what it means, then I Herein lies a key component of the paradigm shin in strongly suggest that you take a little time to ge t up to which we find ourselves today. A shin that is taking place, I speed on the current state of affairs in the world. Things might add, much to the chagrin of those who are are fundamentally changing as a result of the technology; desperately struggling to sustain a romanticized, i.e., information, revolution. Wake up. antediluvian view of higher education that is quickly Hint: If you still have an aversion to e-mail and the disintegrating all around them . Internet, chances are pretty good that you have not yet The absolute truth of the matter is that even within the caught on that we have entered a new era in the evolution sacred halls of academe, business is a viable concept. of civilization. Moreover, if you are a faculty member who When you strip away all the philosophical rhetoric and stoic still hasn 't figured out how to put your course syllabi on the referen ces to institutional mission and vision, higher web, I certainly wouldn't share it with anyone; it's not education is just as much a business as IBM , General something I would want my co lleagues to know about. Motors, or Walmart. In any event, please do us all a favor and try to get with Think about it. Each semester, our clients vote with the program before you become too much of a liability or, their checkbooks on whether or not we will stay in in th e very least, an embarrassment. And for heaven 's business. If you doubt this for even a second, then you are sake, Don Quixote, please stop fighting the inevitable. probably delusional. But I digress for the third time. I guess that's a signa l But again I digress. That is a sermon for a different that I should probably bring this effort to inform and Sunday. Back to economic development. enlighten to a close. In addition to the economic impact precipitated by its The bottom line is that everyone at Western is either existence and the graduates it produces, Western also directly or indirectly involved in economic development. It contributes directly to the economic development of the is an inescapable part of academic life that shows no signs region through the programs and services that it provides of going away. Get used to it. to the community. Through its continuing education and Class dismissed. leadership development programs, as well as other outreach initiatives, Western seeks to promot e economic Dr. Aaron W. Hughey is a proJessor in the development within a more defined framework. Department oJcounseling and Student Affairs and aJrequent In the past , these kinds of programs and services have contributor to Echo. been considered peripheral to the institution's ce ntral

22 ECHO MAGAZINE I MAY· JUNE 1001 INVESTING IN THE SPIRIT Cangemi rewards fellow faculty in Psychology Deparbnent

By Carol Cummings

Dr. Joseph Cangemi, a time faculty position, he member of the WKU De­ made a gill to ensure ongo­ pa rtment of Psychology for ing recognition for other more than 30 years, is sup­ outstanding faculty." porting his fe llow faculty The first award was members in a unique way. $ 1,000, but Cangemi is He recently made a $20,000 confident that the award commitment to crea te the wil l increase in the yea rs to Joseph P. cangemi Psychol­ co me. ogy Faculty Award. O'Connor ca lled Cangemi said this Cangemi a "dynamic award will support a well­ teacher" and one of the rounded faculty member most popular in structors in who has demonstra ted ex ­ the department. "He has cell ence in teaching, re­ written ex tensively on search and public se rvice. leadership and organiza ­ "I have been with West­ tional behavior for three ern Ke ntucky Unive rsity for decades and is a highly va l­ 32 yea rs, and a number of ued management consult­ people have been very kind ant at the national level," to me and supportive of O'Connor sa id. me," he sa id. "We have Cangemi has published many outstanding and de­ numerous books, and hi s serving people in our de­ more than 300 papers and partment. This award will articles have appeared in ensure that an exemplary over 80 periodicals. He was professor is rewarded each a t983 recipient of the Dis­ year. " tinguished Alumnus Award The first Joseph P. from State Unive rsity of Cangemi Award was pre­ New York, and a t996 re ­ sen ted to retiring depart­ cipient of an honorary doc­ ment head, Dr. John torate from Wi lliam Woods O'Connor in Ap ril 200 I . PHOTO BY SH(RYl ttAGM!-800 IH University. In addition, Ca ngemi sa id it was par- cangemi received a 1999 ticularly filting that O'Connor received this first award. "t honorary doctorate from the Moscow State University of am grateful for the support Dr. O'Connor has always Humanities in Moscow, Russia, sponsored by th e Russian shown me," he sa id. "I am pleased to give something Academy of Sciences. He was Western's t999 and 2000 back to my department and give it in a different way." nominee (one of twO) for the Ca rnegie Foundation's Pro­ Dr. Karen Adams, dean ofWKU's College of Educa ­ fessor of the Yea r national award, and he has also re ­ tion and Behavioral Sciences, sa id it is fitting that ceived numerous awards for teaching, research, and pub­ O'Connor, with whom Ca ngemi served for many years, lic service at Western . was the first recipient of the award. "Since Dr. Ca ngemi was such an outstanding faculty member himself, it is Carol Cummings is a senior development writer/ re­ pa rticularly significa nt that, as he re tired from his full- searcher in Development and Alumni Relations.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 23 NEWS & NOTES

WKU astronomy program to help As part of the Kepler Mission, high­ NASA search for planets beyond precision imaging equipment to de­ our solar system tect light from stars will be installed in the spaceborne telescope and Western Kentucky University's in telescopes at educational in­ astronomy program will partici­ stitutions. For example, pate in a NASA mission to search McGruder said, options could for Earth-like planets around include placing the devices in stars beyond our solar system . a robotic telescope at Kitt The Kepler Mission is sched­ Peak National Observatory in uled for launch in 2006 and will Arizona and at a proposed use a unique spaceborne tele­ telescope in Israel. "Essentially scope to look for extra solar this will allow us to measure planets. The ground-based por- the brightness of stars very ac- tion of the mission will utilize curately and that is what is re­ Western's STARBASE te lescope net­ quired to detect extrasolar plan­ work for observations and research . ets," he said. "Western Kentucky University has Making research technology avail­ never been involved in a space mission able to students is the key idea of before. That's why it is very exciting to be on PHOIO (OURUSY Of NASA Western's STARBASE (Students Training for the team for the Kepler Mission," said Dr. Achievement in Research Based on Analytical Charles McGruder, head of the Department of Physics and Space-science Experiences) Network. Astronomy. 'We expect and hope that Western will be in­ Through the Wide Access Technology Transfer pro­ volved in many more missions." gram, "we will provide students and teachers with access Western will be the lead institution in the educational to the high technology achieved by the Kepler Mission," portion of the mission called the Wide Access Technology McGruder said. "That's what STARBASE is all about. "More Transfer Program. The WATT program has a budget of information about NASA's Kep ler Mission is available at $625,000 over four years, said McGruder, who added that http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov 13 I percent to 2 percent of the budget for all NASA space missions mllst be spent on educational programs.

WKU students selected for sports journalism seminar sports journalism or sports photography career, are se­ Photojournalism students Justin Fowler, a Columbia lected each year to participate in the three-day event. junior, and Yuli Wu, a junior from Ann Arbor, Mich., and Seminar participants interacted with and learned from print journalism student Malcolm Knox, a Louisville se­ some of the nation's premier sports journalists and pho­ nior, were among 41 students who attended the I t th an ­ tographers who served as guest speakers during a series nual Collegiate Sports Journalism Seminar at Churchill or panel discussions. Students also participated in a day Downs in Louisville on April 25 -28. The Collegiate Sports long sports journalism workshop on April 27, opening day Journalism Seminar is held in conjunction with the media or Churchill Downs' 2002 Spring Meet. The students pro­ build-up to the Kentucky Oaks and Derby. A group of the duced a collection or sports stories and photographs to be nation's top student journalists, who have an interest in a published in an electronic newspaper available on the seminar's official website, www.churchilldowns.com/ seminar. The Collegiate Sports Journalism Seminar is open to full -time college juniors and seniors in undergraduate programs. Selection of participants is based on nomina­ tions from professors or departmental chairpersons and on work samples submitted by applicants. The tuition-rree program is made possible by several sponsors, including the Daily Racing Form, Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association , Ken­ tucky Thoroughbred Association, National Thoroughbred Racing Association , National Turf Writers Association Nikon, The Blood-Horse, Turr Publicists or America a~d Visa Triple Crown Challenge. Churchill Downs Incorpo­ rated hosts the seminar and serves as its main sponsor. Yuli Wu

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