What's News at Rhode Island College

Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC What's News? Newspapers 9-7-1987 What's News At 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 At Rhode Island College" (1987). What's News?. 361. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news/361 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]. w AT ' NEWS AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE Vol. 8, No. 1 Sept. 7, 1987 Special assistant to president Guardo outlines for development named 'ex~iting agenda' In charge of fund r aising; will oversee alumni affairs, b e liaison to Fo undation for 1987-88 A dir ector of development at The Ohio Richard E. Payne of Delaware, Ohio, the State University has been named to the new director of development in the College of the ly created position of special assistant to the Arts at Ohio State since 1982, was appointed College to focus on retention issue president for d evelopment at Rhode Island by President Carol J. Guardo. He asswned College. his new position in late August. President Carol J . Guardo laid out a ··full, Payne's primary duties include those of challenging, and exciting agenda" for planning, coordinating and administering a Rhode Island College in 1987 -88 in her fall comprehensive fund-raising program, the semester opening convocation remarks . goal of which is to raise financial support for The traditional opening address, held the college from private, alumni and corpo Monday morning, Augu st 31, was well at rate sources, said Guardo . tended by administrative staff . Many of the As the special assistant, he will also over faculty were meeting at the same hour to see the operations and activities of the Office vote on -the latest offer in contract negotia of Alumni Affairs and serve as principal liai tions, but the president said she would a r son to the Rhode Island College Foundation range to deliver an address to the faculty at Boar<l. The new position further expands a later date . C;_Jvn the responsibilities of the position of In her remarks, the president said tha t as the director of development which bad been we begin the year, prospects for the College held by James E. Gilcreast, Jr., who resign look exceeding ly good . She noted that en ed in February to assume the position of vice rollments are up for both new and returning president for dev elopment at Kennedy Me students, our residence ha lls are filled, and morial Ho spital in B righton, Mass . many majo r p rojects a re underway. Prior to his development position, Payne She said the important theme for the Col served as assistant to the vice president for lege now is progress. We have made much public affairs at Ohio State from 1977 to progress during the past year, and "we 1982. Previously, he had been an associate should feel good about that. director of admissions and an assistant direc "Now we need to sustain that attitude of tor of the Upward Bound program, both at positive accomplishment , and we need to Ohio Wesleyan University. keep the momentum going .·' The president compared the College's sit Payne received a bachelor's degree from CAROLJ.GUARDO Ohio State and a master of education d egree uation to the process of building a bridge . The footings are in place . And now we need RICHARD PAYNE from Xavier University in Cincinnati. to take care that the bridge's foundation is are about average when compared with other secure and without voids in order to con institutions, she said we need to do much struct a strong bridge across the demo better. graphic chasm from now until 1992 (when President Guardo announced that an ongo INSIDE the declining pool of prospective college stu ing steering group has been appointed to dents is expected to reverse itself) . deal with the retention issue and to oversee Young Career Woman ................. 3 A Look at Books ........................ 6 As we build toward the future, she said, continuation of the efforts begun last year we need to continue to keep our major goal (such as the upgrading of the registration Student Retention ....................... 4 Alumni Cabaret ......................... 7 process and improvement of College publi- - College Begins Anew ................... 5 The Arts Season ......................... 8 in mind: "to enhance the quality of the Col lege in all its aspects in order to ensure the cations). The effort will be led by Lenore DeLucia, best possible and highest quality ed ucation director of institutional research an for our students . ·' d plan ning, Anne Hubbard, assi stant vice presi The president identified the issue of reten dent for academic affairs and Gary Penfield, 60 new faculty, staff me mbers tion as a major part of our College agenda join R.I. College community for 1987-88. While our retention statistics (continued on f 'lge 7) sistant professor of English; Ph.D Some 23 new faculty an d 37 staff . from Brown University; formerly taught at North members have joined the Rhode Island Col eastern, Brown, and Lesley College . lege campus community for the sta rt of the 1987-88 academic year, i t was announced by DR. THOMAS COBB of Coventry, as the Office of Personnel Services. sistant professor of English; Ph.D . from A listing of these fac ulty and staff, their University of Houston; formerly taught at appointments, educational background, etc . Houston and University of Arizona and follows: Eastern Arizona College. Faculty Appointm ents . DR. CAROLYN DAGROSA of Bar JOAN ARCHES of Waltham, Mass .' as rington, assistant professor of nursing; sistant pr ofessor in th e School of Social Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut's Work; undergraduat e and graduate degrees School of Education and nursing degrees from Boston University and currently a doc from S alve Regina and Boston University; toral candidate ther e; former ly taught at formerly associa te vice president of Patient Lasell Junior Colle ge in Newton and Regis Care Services at Women & Infants Hospital. College, Weston , Mass. BLANCHE DESJEAN of Saunderstown, DR. STEVEN BACH OFER from Dublin, instructor at th e H enry Barnard School; Calif., assistant p rofessor of chemistry ; master's d egree fro m Rhode Is land College Ph.D. from Br own Univ ersity; fo rmerly a and certified in the Montessori Method from research scientist for the Cl orox Company . St. Nich olas, London; fo rmerly taught pre DR. AZRA S . BHATIA from Bloomin g school and el ementary levels in Ma~chu ton, Ind ., assistant professor of communic a setts and Rhod e Island. tions and theater; Ph .D. from Indiana DR. I. ATILLA DICLE ofBristo University where she taught as an associate l, associ ate profes sor o f eco nomics an d mana ge instructor. ment; Ph.D. from the University o f DR. DOROTHY M . BIANCO of Caro Southern California lina, R.l., assistant professor of psychology; ; formerly taught both RETURNIN G TO COLL EGE with a little help from his friend ls Gary Tata (right) of undergradute and graduate courses in man Ph.D . from University of Rhode Island; for Southbridge , Mass. Friend Chris Hillis helps lug a rug and TV, both 'essentials' for gra merly clinical director of Marathon House . agement. cious dorm living. Cl~ began here w1 week . (What's News Photo by Gordon E. DR . DANIEL BIVONA of Pawtucket, as- (continued on page 6) Rowley) Page 2 - What's N ews, Monday, Sept. 7, 1987 Focus on the Faculty and Staff · Research and Grants Administration: Dr. Vernon J. Williams, assistant pro ative study f or the implementation of pro grams designed to encour age females t o proposals has been appointed a Request for fessor of history , research associate at the William Monroe enter technical careers in Sweden and the Trotter Institute . · 'I am happy to see this United States . computer time The Office of Res earch °:"d Grants_Adminis travel, research assistance, recognition of your scholarly potential and Dr. Ellsworth A. Starring, associate pro and study related expenses. DEADLINE: tration will be providing information about look forward to seeing the written work fessor of elementary education, was invited 15. equests f or pr oposals (RFPs) ~n a regula_r OCT. which will be published subsequently by the by NASA in July to meet and speak with r basis in this colwnn . Anyone interested in institute," wrote Dr. David L. Greene, dean teachers in the Teacher -in-Space program at Grants Program: Tinker further infomuztion or applications 6. Institutional of the Faculty and Arts and Sciences, upon the National Space Laboratories outside of obtaining elines need only circle the nwnber Foundation : Awards of $15,000-$40,000 learning of Williams' appointment . Biloxi, Miss . and guid of th e RFP on the coupon below and send it are made for projects related to Spain, Por Dr. Meraclith T. McMunn , associate The Saturn rockets were put together and tugal and Latin America. Support is provid to the office in Roberts 312. professor of English, was one of 210 schol tested there previously. Major testing of the ed for projects in the social sciences, ars to receive a National Endowment for the shuttle engines is now being conducted at the 1. Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Hu international relations and outreach efforts Humanities stipend of $3,500 each this sum site, reports Starring .

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