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What's News @ Rhode Island College Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC What's News? Newspapers 11-19-1984 What's News @ Rhode Island College Rhode Island College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news Recommended Citation Rhode Island College, "What's News @ Rhode Island College" (1984). What's News?. 279. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news/279 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in What's News? by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. What's Rhode Island Vol. 5, No . 12 November 19, 1984 @ Colleg • 'Good turnout' for fir st RIC Minori ty Reunion Speaker urges red edication in struggle f or r ights Approximately 60 alumni, their wives , coordinator of minority programs and ser­ friends and college adminisrators attend­ vices, Jay Grier , to get the college's minori ­ ed the college's fi.J.;t Minority Alumni Reu­ ty graduates re -involved in the life of the nion Dinner Nov . 10 at the Faculty Center campus . and heard the keynote speaker outline some Grier and Dr. William H. Lopes of the of the implications and challenges facing College Advancement and Support divi ­ blacks in American higher education . sion , agreed that it was a "good turnout" " The edu cational philosophy and at ­ given that this was the first such reunion titude s of Rhode Island' s educational in­ and that it took place on a holiday stitutJ0n s with re spect to the black com - weekend . munity ... unless they are challenged and (continued on page 5) changed ... will assure a limited future for black Rhode Islanders ," said Melvin K . Hendrix , director of the African and Afro­ American Studie s Program at the Univer ­ sity ·of Rhode Island . The "limited future" would be assured £.NSIDE "through a process of instituionalized ex­ clusionary practices commo nly accepted by se who those who work wWun them and tho What You Mi ss is Sleep ............... 3 govern them ," he said . today the debate over Hendrix said that Colleges observe fast ......... ...•...... 3 excellence and the move to improve the qualit y of instruction in college and univer­ Student Job Prospects .. ............... 4 sities "reveals a lack of commitment to equal opportunit y by moving to deny ac­ TESTING TIJRKEY (above) is Joseph Tumminelli of the Henry Barnard School staff. Minority Reunion Photos . ............ 5 cess to higher education." Tumminelli got a bead start on Thanksgiving last week by cooking a turkey in court­ " Equal opportunity without access is yard of school for HBS teachers in outdoor reflector oven be devised. TALKING Major student drug ..................... 6 just as much a hoax as quality was under TIJRKEY (below) are Janice Contillo Oeft) of the catering and sales department of segregation, " he said . the Biltmore Plaza Hotel and Kathryn Sasso, director of conferences and special events Alexander, Martorella to perform .. 8 The reunion dinner was an attempt on at Rhode Island College. The pair are planning for the reception to follow the Holi­ the part of the college and its relatively new day Gift Concert . Dec. 3. See page 3 for story. For college community: .44n- 'incredible service' offered by George LaTour Having trouble losing weight? Do you have gastric problems, skin problems, or generally run out of steam mid-way through the day? Then Kathleen Gallagher is the per - son you want to see . "Some of the major health problems get down to nutrition," a ssures Rhode Island College's first registered dietitian. Mrs . Gallagher was brought on board towards the end of September to offer a " strictly free" servke; i.e. sound ad­ vice on all matter s pertaining to nutri­ tion. Th e s ervice is not just for RJC student s, but faculty and staff as well. A resident of Barrington with her hus­ band, John, and daugµter, Julia, Mrs . Gallagher works part time on campus, coming in Wednesdays from 9 a.m. un­ til 3 p.m. "but I am flexible," she says. A box for appointment-request slips will be set up in the Donovan Dining Center, or members of the college community may call her at 456-8649 or 456-8061 (the office o f Health Promotion) . Kathleen GaUagher Basically, she will be working out of the dining center. "Kathleen will be providing one-to-one nutritional counseling," says Mary B. OJenn, health education consultant in the office of Health Promotion. She adds that the dietitian will be availale also for group counseling for classes, clubs, the (continued on oaee, n) .,.,"' ' '. .~ Page 2--Wbat's News @ RIC, Monday, Nov. 19, 1984 Science Foundation: Focus on the Faculty and Staff NSF funding opportunities DR. ALBERT C. SALZBERG, sociology, was a guest of the sociology and by R.N. Keogh, Director associate professor of English, read a paper communications departments of the Bureau of Grants and Sponsored Projects on "The Place of Verbal Irony in the Fic­ University of Windsor in Ontario, on Nov . tion of Defoe~• at the Nov. 1-4 meeting of 12, where he presented a workshop on the Northeast American Society for 18th visual sociolog;y and a slide-tape program A host of reports on the quality of institutes for pre-college math /sci ence Century Studies at the Providence on race and class issues in the development American primary and secondary educa­ teachers . The division is particularly con­ Marriott. of steelband music in Trinidad and tion have been issued over the past two cerned with the retraining of existing (in­ DR. PETER S. ALLEN, professor of Tobago . years. Most have been critical, especially service) math and science teachers . anthropology / geography, recently organiz ­ when describing math and science Another less publicized mission of this ed a series of film screenings for the preparation. division involves funding out-of-school American Anthropological Association an­ Do you need .. · About one year ago, the National projects that promote informal science nual meeting . The association termed his I I Science Foundation (NSF) responded to the education of the general public. An exam­ screenings "virtually a film festival" and criticism by reestablishing its Directorate ple of such an out-of-school project is the news" said they were a "noteworthy feature" of FOR SALE: 1979 Pontiac Sun bird Hatch­ for Science and Engineering Education . one minute series of "science the annual meeting . back, new radials, p .s., low mileage . Most of the directorate's programs are now presentations developed by Don ''Mr. Wiz­ DR. ANN E. MOSKOL, associate pro ­ $2,195. Call Ext. 9793 (orl-568-5105) . in place, and some of them list objectives zard" Herbert for commercial television. fessor of mathematics and computer that should be of interest to several RIC Director McDermott offered two sugges­ personnel. tions to college faculty -contemplating sub­ science, spoke on "Women in Math and FOR SALE: 1978 Camaro .black, original The directorate's funds largely are con­ mission of grant proposals to these divi­ Science: An Introspective Perspective" at owner; 8 cyl. automatic; sunroof; rally centrated within two of its four divisions. sions. First, NSF looks more favorably on the Northeast Physics Teachers Association sport wheels. $3;500. Call 231-3847 after Earlier this month, Lillian McDermott, proposals which are endorsed by state fall meeting Oct. 27 in Newport. 5 p.m. or Ext. 8684 during the day . DR. WILLIAM R. AHO, professor of NSF director of Precollege Education in and/ or local education agencies . Second, sci<;nceand Mathematics, announced that the divisions are funding proposals aimed the Division of Materials Development and at K-12 grade levels, but for fiscal 1985 the Research will award approximately $38.1 agency is "emphasizing" proposals that million in grants before next Oct. 1st. focus on K-8. This division welcomes grant proposals Proposals denoting a September, 1985 aimed at: start-date should be submitted to NSF by 1. Developing new instructional materials Feb. 1st. Faculty or deparments wishing for precollege science and math further information on NSF's new pro­ curricula. grams in science education should contact 2. Establishing improved methods of the Bureau in Roberts 312. (ext. 8228). developing better precollege math and The National Science Foundation is not science teachers (both pre- and inservice alone in supporting attempts to upgrade training programs). math and science education. Last August, 3. Applying new technologies (e.g., com­ Congress passed the Education for puters, videodiscs) to pre-college Economic Security Act, more commonly math/science curricula. known as the math and science education 4. Conducting basic research on science bill; President Reagan signed it into law as teaching and . learning. P.L. 98-377. McDermott stated further that slightly The law authorizes the U.S. Department mor~ money, about $40.5 million, will be of Education to disburse approximately granted by the directorate's Division of $105 million, all aimed at improving pre­ Teacher Enhancement and Informal college math/science education . Distribu­ -Science Education. Perhaps the chief fun­ tion of these funds will be the subject of :ding objective of this division is the an upcoming article in this column. -development of local and regional teacher . OFFICERS FIRST of the reorganized Rhode Island College Gold Key are .O to r) Al Niquette, a senior from Coventry, president; Danielle Marcotte, a sophomore from Woonsocket, treasurer; Cheryl Gleason, a junior from Warwick, secretary; and Robert Finkelstein, a senior from Mabopac, N .Y ., vice president. The Gold Key is comprised · of students who serve as a public relations arm of the college . Due to Archaeology holiday What's News symposium What's News @ Rhode Rhode Island Archaeology and Museums Symposium will be held Tuesday DEADLINE Island and Wednesday, Nov.
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