Grand Valley Forum, Volume 019, Number 15, November 7, 1994 Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU 1994-1995, Volume 19 Grand Valley Forum, 1976- 11-7-1994 Grand Valley Forum, volume 019, number 15, November 7, 1994 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/forum19 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Grand Valley Forum, volume 019, number 15, November 7, 1994" (1994). 1994-1995, Volume 19. 13. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/forum19/13 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Grand Valley Forum, 1976- at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1994-1995, Volume 19 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Monday, November 7, 1994 Volume 19, Number 15 Holiday Vacation Days Set GVSU will be closed Thursday, winter holidays. The regular schedule be scheduled for December 27). November 24 and Friday, November w ill resume on Tuesday, Janua1y 3. Direct deposits will be available late 25 for Thanksgiving. The university The last faculty/ staff payroll o n December 22, after your bank has will also be closed Friday, December checks for 1994 w ill be distributed on posted GVSU's last transaction. 23 through Monday, January 2 for the December 22 (they would normall y Election Coverage on WCVU Radio Listen to Grand p.m. and run until midnight. Valley's news and WGVU's David Moore w ill information sta anchor the coverage, with tion, WGVU-AM analysis from GVSU Arts and 1480, for complete Humanities Dean Forrest Arm election coverage strong and Political Science Tuesday night. Up- Chairman James Thompson. to - th e - minut e WGVU-FM 88.5 w ill air reg reports from Kent, Ottawa, Allegan, ular updates beginning at 10 and Muskegon counties begin at 9 p.m. Across Campus Engineering Honors to GVSU accepting faculty and staff The School of Engineering has nominati o ns of junior and received an honorable mention in the senior students w ho are in the 1994 Design Education Curriculum top 35 percent of their class. Innovation Awards Program spon Students sho uld be actively involved in leadership posi sored by the American Society of Picture of an Exhibition Mechanical Engineers. The award will tions in the fo llowing areas: Th e GVSU Faculty Exhibit Show is underway at the be presented Tuesday at the Interna government, performing arts, Calder Fine Arts Galle1y on ccimpus through tional Mechanical Engineering Con journalism, athletics, and in November 23. Th e Grand Rapids Press calls it gress and Exhibition in Chicago. service and social activities. "exceedingly competent and colorful ... it's always Nominati ons should be fascinating to see the innovative pieces that these In Search of Leaders sent to Jay Cooper in the Stu busy art teachers manage to produce. Tb ere is Omicron Delta Kappa, the national dent Life Office by Thursday, much talent in this group. " honorary leadership fraternity is November 10. Coming Events Bring Your Appetite . .. Meadows, and K.J. Cashmere's will be .. Then Shift Gears GVSU's Hospitality and Tourism served. Parti cipants may vote for the The third annual Hunger Theatre Management program will sponsor its best pasta. w ill be held on Tuesday, November annual Pasta Fest fundraiser this Sun Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at 22 at 6 p.m. in the Kirkhof Prome day, November 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the doo r. GVSU students and kids continued on page 2 the Eberhard Center. Pasta from local under 12 get in for $5 . Last year over restaurants including Charlie's Crab, 600 people came, and they came to eat. Pietro's Trattoria, Johnny Noto's, The For more information, call 771-6627. Page 2 fORlM Faculty and Staff Sketches Diana Pace, director of Counseling and Technology Academy in Grand Education Professor Robert Cross and Ca reer Services, conducted a Rapids. Greg Wilson, visiting Geology co-authored a 15-month, federally workshop titled, "Dilemmas of instructor, spoke to sixth graders on funded study of the current and pro Female Counseling Center Directors, plate tectonics. The presentations posed practices for educating the at The Association of University and were given in connection w ith the handicapped in Michigan K-12 College Counseling Center Directors GVSU partnership w ith the academy. schools, intermediate school districts, meeting in Memphis. Communications Professor Laura and university teacher education pro Connie Widdis, clinical field coor Gardner-Salazar attended the Interna grams. dinator in the School of Education, tional Amateur Theatre Association Paul Kutsche, adjunct professor of conducted a workshop titled "Creat -Americas meeting in Aruba, where Philosphy, authored "El Rosto de! ing Safety in Classrooms by Building she was reappointed as Information Migrante" published in America Inde Friendships and Appreciating Differ Officer for the Americas. The infor gena in Mexico. The article summa ences," with Gloria Holmes, a second mation center housed at GVSU has rizes the situation of people who grade teacher at the Grand Rapids been renamed the "Americas Service have migrated to San Jose, Costa Rica . Public Schools' Math and Science Center for IATA," to make it parallel Cathie Jones-Rikkers, assistant pro Academy, at a meeting of the Institute with offices in Europe and Asia. fessor of Business Law, presented a for Global Education in Grand Rapids. While in Aruba, Salazar advised edu paper titled "Using Consumer Protec Accounting Professor Donald J. cational funding authorities on the tion Laws to Integrate Ethical Issues Klein gave a lecture titled "Education atre and education. into the Business Law Curriculum," at for Success - Key Factors," at the William Chren, associate professor the 39th Annual Tri-State Academy of Michigan Accountancy Foundation of Engineering, presented an invited Legal Studies in Business conference Educators' Symposium in Ann Arbor. paper titled "JOVE Research Impact in Oregon, Ohio. The paper was co Education Professor Antonio Her on Undergraduate Education: A Case authored with Professor Jim Sanford, rera has been asked to help imple Study," at the IEEE/ ASEE Frontiers in and was published in the conference ment a new national education trend, Education Conference in San Jose, proceedings. "Educacion Nueva," in Colombia, California. Terry Fisk, director of Criminal Jus under the auspices of the new gov Faculty judges at the Homecoming tice Training, conducted a workshop ernment of President Samper. Herrera Bonfire included: Math Professor titled "Management of Change," at a was asked by the Colombian Ministry Nancy Alexander; English Professor meeting of police staff and command, of Foreign Relations and the Ministry Rob Watson; Biology Professor Tony at Northwestern University in of Education. Nieuwkoop; Linda McCrea, assistant Evanston, Illinois. Michael P. Lombardo, associate pro professor of Education; and Peter Russian Professor Christine A. fessor of Biology, gave a presentation Haines, Education admissions coordi Rydel presented a paper titled "Nestor nator. on the natural history of bears to sec continued on page 3 ond graders at the Ottawa Hills Math Coming Events continued from page 1 Tickets are $5 for faculty and staff guest list for the fes and go on sale Wednesday, Novem tivities will be Ruud nade. Hunger Theatre is an experien ber 9. Proceeds benefit Oxfam of Lubbers, the recently tial banquet where participants are America. Call Jay Cooper at x2345 for retired Prime Minis divided into First, Second and Third more information. ter of the Nether World areas. First World (10 percent lands. The Cook Car of the audience) sits at a banquet Carillon Dedication Coming illon bells were cast table and enjoys a typical First World The Cook Carillon Tower will be in the Netherlands dinner. Third World (70 percent) sits dedicated Tuesday, November 15, this past summer. o n the floor and eats rice and water. with a special morning concert by Watch next week's STAGE will perform a sho rt theatrical noted carillonist Margo Halsted, of the Forum for a complete preview of the piece. Following all of this is a reflec University of Michigan. Heading the Cook Carillon Tower dedication. tive discussion on hunger and home lessness, poverty and racism. fORlM Page 3 Dang Big Country Music Show The Unbeatable Wheatables Country Tour '94 Visits CVSU Campus Tuesday A country music triple-header hits Faculty and staff and students are on West Campus Drive to Fieldho use the GVSU Fieldhouse Tuesday night. strongly encouraged to anti cipate traf Lot F. This is expected to reduce traf The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and fic congestion on and near campus fic on campus drive. features Tim McGraw, Littl e Texas, from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. and again Traffic and parking attendants will and Blackha wk. from 10: 30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. on be on duty to assist with traffic fl ow Tickets are available via Ticketmas the night of the event. and congestion, and direct drivers ter and the GVSU Box Office. A few All concert traffic will be strongly prior to and after the concert. tickets may still be avail able Tuesday encouraged to enter campus via 48th night at the Fieldhouse Box Office. street (west of campus) and proceed The Fieldhouse seats 5,900. Tim McGraw (left) and Little Texas come to GVSU, along with Blackhawk, Tuesday night. Faculty and Staff Sketches continued from page 2 meeting of the Ottawa County Read Louette R. Lutjens, associate pro Vasilevich Kukol'nik, Ru ssia's Forgot ing Association in Holland. fessor of Nursing, presented a paper ten Romantic," at a meeting of the Criminal Justice Professor Clifford titled "A Glimpse of Maslow's Peak," Central Slavic Association at the Uni Van Meter spoke on future trends in at the Michigan Nurses Association vers ity of Nebraska, in Lincoln.

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