R ·I· T NEWS & EVENTS Vol. 26, No. 12 February 24, 1995

Provost Honor Excellence in Teaching Goes to Business Prof By Laura Mikols few weeks ago, Marca Bear, assistant professor of international A business, trudged into her office from the snowy parking lot. Slushy boots and all, she stumbled across an envelope stuffedunder her door. Dusting the snow off, she opened the letter announcing she had won the 1994-95 Provost's Excel­ • lence in Teaching Award. Marca Bear RIT TIGERS TEACH "LOVE DAY" SKATING ... Shawn Randall.junior center, and Steve Toll, Some people just have a knack for r feshman center, on R!Ts varsity hockey team, taught Love Day visitors how to skate on Feb.14. More stumbling across the important things "My feet haven't touched earth yet," than 200 R!T students collaborated to plan "Share Your Heart" Love Day; they invited 150 fifthand in life. says Bear. "I feel like I am still walking sixth graders from Fyfe Elementa,y School in Henriella and Rochester City elementary schools 4 and 37. on air." This wasn't the firsttime she stumbled into something monumental. "I wasn't planning to become a professor," she says. "I kind of stumbled into teaching-and I loved it. I absolutely loved working with HEOP Rallies against Proposed Cut students." Rohan Palma, an RIT Higher Education HEOP staff,students are launching a against proposed cuts. RIT's HEOP office Stan McKenzie, interim executive vice Opportunity Program counselor, returned letter-writing campaign to lobby for will close on March 14 so staffcan join president and provost, and William Nowlin, from an emergency meeting in Albany HEOP. Other efforts include organizing a students in Albany for HEOP Lobby Day, associate dean in the College of Business, with bad news. He found out that if the forum on campus to garner local politi­ a statewide rally. presented the award to Bear at Henry's proposed state budget passes, RIT could cians' support and scheduling parent and For more information on supporting the Restaurant Feb. 9. lose its HEOP office;the 140 RIT students student visits to Albany. "Save HEOP" campaign, call -2221. "Dr. Bear fosters an environment that the program serves would then be out of RIT's HEOP office, established on encourages the exchange of ideas about an education. campus in 1970, effectively recruits and current internationalevents," says HEOP staffmet with more than 90 RIT graduates students from low-income and McKenzie. "She believes students learn students on Feb. 13 to strategize a plan of academically disadvantaged backgrounds. Sciremammano better when they can see a connection attack to save the program from being cut. Without HEOP, they would not be able to between the information being discussed Quickly funneling their plans into action, pursue an RIT degree. Over a 10-year Tapped for and their own experiences. To findthese they set up a "Save HEOP" table in the period, the program graduated more than connections, she is very involved with Student Alumni Union lobby, and are 225 students and achieved an overall 61 Lake Board outside student activities. She is truly a gathering signatures to petition for contin­ percent graduation rate, exceeding the role model for our faculty, staffand ued funding. national graduation rate for all students. students." HEOP staff have opened their officeto On Feb. 27, about 35,000 people sup­ Bear began teaching at RIT in 1993, but students so they can phone or fax their leg­ porting Equal Opportunity Programs approaches every class as though she is islative members. Under the guidance of statewide will gather in Albany for a rally teaching it for the firsttime. "I want kids to enjoy coming to my class," she says. "I've always believed learningis a way for students to express themselves." "We are very proud of her accomplish­ ment," says Nowlin. "Our students say Frank that she is vibrant and full of energy and Student Volunteers Save Life Sciremammano that she really stimulates their thinking and interest. Her receiving this honor is an Since writing his doctoral thesis on fore­ honor for the entire College of Business." casting Lake Ontario water levels in the Serving on RIT Ambulance The provost's award stems from RIT's mid-seventies, Frank Sciremammano, participation in Sears-Roebuck Founda­ By Laura Mikols vocal cords to provide a guaranteed air­ RIT associate professorof mechanical tion's Teaching Excellence and Campus way, medicated the patient to increase the engineering, has become an expert at it. Leadership Award program in 1989. Two A few weeks ago, a Burlington Coat Fac­ rate and pressure of heart contractions, On Feb. 13, Rep. Louise Slaughter years later, when Sears discontinued the tory manager suffereda severe heart and started an IV. announced Frank Sciremammano's RIT program, the Provost's Office decided to attack at Southtown Plaza. Three stu­ Again, he lost the pulse; the monitor appointment to the St. Lawrence River fund the award each year and rename it the dents who volunteer on RIT's Ambulance showed a flatline. But when Rohde started Board of Controls, which oversees Lake Provost's Excellence in Teaching Award. Corps helped save his life. up CPR again, the victim's heart began Ontario's water level. Sciremammano is RIT The provost's award recognizes the emergency medical technicians beating and regained a normal rhythm. By the firstRochester-area resident to serve fundamental importance of quality Shayne Keddy and Scott Whittemore the time the RIT students got the man into on the board. instruction, nurtures an academic climate received the 911 call because the Henrietta the ambulance, he began breathing The InternationalJoint Commission, a in which quality instruction can thrive, Ambulance Corps didn't have a crew voluntarily. Ketty, Whittemore and Rohde Canadian-American group that monitors supports faculty who have taught three available. Under a new RIT-Henrietta successfully transported the victim to boundary waters, oversees the board and years or less in their pursuit of excellence Mutual Aid Agreement, RIT's ambulance Strong Memorial Hospital, where he was appoints its new members. IJC's Ameri­ in teaching and leadership in the campus is the second in line to respond to 911 calls sent to the medical intensive care unit. can members are appointed by President community, and enhances teaching as a from certain parts of Henrietta. "It is incredibly gratifying to see it actu­ Clinton. profession. The third RIT student, Erik Rohde, a ally work," Rohde says. "It really gives "After months of advocacy and hard "This gives me the energy and the drive fourth-year student in RIT's Criminal Jus­ me an extra boost. Sometimes you can do work, and near-constant contact with the to do even more," says Bear. "I've always tice Department, volunteers as a critical everything right, and it still doesn't work." International Joint Commission and the believed that we can't lose sight of why care technician at both RIT and Henrietta Jim Sheehan, RIT's Emergency Medi­ White House, we have finallywon repre­ we're here-for the students." Ambulance. He was in Henrietta's "fly cal Service consultant, says it is very rare sentation," says Slaughter, who nominated car"-a Ford Explorer equipped with to make that kind of save with a cardiac Sciremammano for the position back in advanced lifesupport -returningfrom a arrest. "Over my eight years as an EMT, I April. About a year ago, Slaughter advo­ 911 call in Pittsfordwhen his pager alerted have seen very few,"he says. "These RIT cated greater participation on the board Inside him of the cardiac arrest victim. students are trained and experienced in from residents living along the lake and "When I got there, a Henrietta firefighter what they are doing, and they are doing it St. Lawrence. She launched a nonpartisan Perspectives ...... page 2 had started basic life support," says well." selection committee of lakeshore resi­ Rohde. "He had regained the man's pulse More than 80 RIT students work as dents, who unanimously recommended Student but then lost it." EMTs and drivers on the corps; six of Sciremammano. Government ...... page 3 those students became certifiedas Rohde began advanced life support, "My goal is to bring freshtechnical RIT in the News ...... page 5 shocking the patient with a cardiac moni­ paramedics after 1 ,000 hours of training in talent to the board," says Sciremammano. tor defibrillator,a technique that reset the emergency medical care. "By forecasting lake levels further into the Do You Know electrical impulses in the man's heart. He future, the board can better anticipate and This Face? ...... page 6 inserted a tube into the trachea through the Continued on page 4 control lake levels to meet the needs of all the various interests." Newsmakers ...... page 8 2 NEWS & EVENTS February 24, 1995

Design Students Perspectives: Rehab Libraries Choices and Responsibilities: Shaping RIT's Future In less than three years, the Rochester City Schools project Library Power has drawn One FacultyMember's View 37 RIT interior design seniors and gradu­ ate students into rehab design proposals for more than a dozen school libraries. advocates and many strong critics. Many significanterosion of its intellectual capital "We've done between 15 and 20 libraries, who oppose change know what they have if it fails to not only encourage, but actual­ all in Rochester elementary or middle and suspect that they might not be as well ly demand, scholarly faculty. Research schools," says Nancy Chwiecko, assistant off after the change. So, they have a strong and publication of new theoretical ideas, professor in RIT's industrial/interior incentive to protect what they currently design program in the School of Art and and of new and synthesized practical have and know. Many who support change Design and advisory board member for applications across a wide spectrum of do not know whether they will be better or outlets, should be expected of faculty and Library Power. worse off after the change, so it is more encouraged by the entire RIT community. Depending on funds per school­ likely that their support will not be as awarded as "mini-grants" by the Center While solid teaching skills, sound advis­ strong as those in opposition. Hence, it ing and a healthy learning environment for Educational Development and national will often initially appear as though Library Power-and each principal's are important, intellectual inquiry and the change is undesirable, as well as disrup­ dissemination of its outcomes is the best interest, the students propose changes The following is the third in a series of tive. Offering a clear path to the future insurance that future generations of RIT ranging from wall colors to new tabletop "Perspectives" columns from faculty, staff helps gather support. So does a "safety graduates will be well prepared for life's laminates to more efficientspace layout. and administrators. Anyone is welcome to net" for those most adversely affected many and diverse personal and career "We'll continue working on libraries until reply to any of the ideas presented. through no fault of their own. challenges. they run out of money," says Chwiecko. Responses to: News & Events Editor, Our future is going to be highly compet­ Communications Department, Eastman Third, any intended or unintended prac­ itive and rapidly changing. The RIT Building. tices of exclusion based upon a mistrust or community, particularly the faculty, is misunderstanding of the motives of others responsible for a vigorous response to the Film/Video Offers By Bruce Oliver must be avoided. Faculty, staffand admin­ challenges ahead. What are some of these Chair of Faculty Council istrators questioning the plans and actions Sci-Fi Marathon challenges? of each other should be interpreted as a First and foremost is the maintenance of Continuing its celebration of the 100th RIT, with a history dating back to 1829, is mutual interest in enhancing the quality of a relevant curriculum. This means a general the RIT experience. As a community we year of cinema, RIT's FilmNideo Depart­ actually quite a youthful university. Since education that produces a lifelong sense of all have responsibilities in assuring RIT's ment offers a Sci-Fi Marathon of"some of moving to the Henrietta campus, it has intellectual inquiry which (1) creates the the best and worst science fiction flicks" in significantly expanded the number and future. involved citizen so essential to a demo­ Fourth, we are a community with a history. Free and open to all, the Sunday range of degrees offered. It recently grew cratic society; (2) enhances each student's wide variety of interests and responsibili­ Series will run Georges Melies' Trip to the rapidly, like an early adolescent. Now RIT cognitive skills and ability to reason and Moon (1902), based loosely on the Jules needs to address the future as a young ties. Recommendations on academic solve problems; and (3) enables effective matters, such as curriculum changes, Vernestory and the firstof its genre; adult. This will mean making some communication in an increasingly interde­ promotion and tenure criteria, academic Rocketship (1936), with Buster Crabbe as difficult choices and accepting new pendent world. It also means providing performance standards, and faculty the dashing Flash Gordon; Plan 9 From responsibilities. technical skills that will serve graduates in compensation advice are primarily the Outer Space (1956), by "legendary With the leadership of President securing meaningful employment in their schlock king" Ed Wood, with aliens and Simone and the guidance of strategic plan­ faculty's responsibility. The proposal to chosen careers. create an Academic Senate currently an army of undead; and Fantastic Planet ning, RIT is continuing its growth into a Second, and substantially related, is the (1973), an animated fantasy directed by significant,internationally recognized being discussed by Faculty Council recog­ community's responsibility to insist upon Rene Laloux. The four short films begin at university. While exactly what will consti­ nizes this reality. Policy Council (perhaps a physical and intellectual climate that 2 p.m., Sun., Feb. 26, in the auditorium of tute our RIT by the end of the century is renamed) will still make recommenda­ actively supports student and faculty tions on numerous important non­ the Carlson Center for Imaging Science. uncertain, what is certain is that it will not scholarly activity. Only through scholar­ academic issues, such as the alcohol and be what it was. The past RIT needs to be ship can RIT provide the environment drug and harassment and discrimination where it belongs-in the history books. necessary for a relevant curriculum. RIT policies. Embracing real change is not easy. will have great difficulty in preventing If we can work together, accept change, Minority Alumni Change usually has relatively few strong respect and trust one another and internal­ Present Scholarships ize RIT as a good place to work, learn and . - - - - - I _... - - - grow intellectually, RIT has an excellent The Minority Alumni Advisory Com­ opportunity to enter the 21st century with­ mittee presented 10 RIT students with in reach of its vision. merit and need-based scholarships at its third annual Recognition Award Cere­ Dinosaurs and Carousels: mony in December. MAAC, founded in 1984, raises funds to offer scholarships RIT Grad Finds Fun in Work and services that provide professional, educational and intellectual growth. This By Bill McKee Printing Gathers year's program received strong support Maybe cavorting with the creatures from from Xerox Corp. and Wegmans. Photos by Satellite the Jurassic period was not exactly what Recipients are Rhoshawndra Carnes, Lois Shafferhad in mind when she gradu­ A new satellite dish installed at the School Leslie Hinds, Ruby Nunez and James ated from RIT in 1976, but it has been fun, of Printing Management and Sciences Sims, College of Applied Science and she says. A printmaking and communica­ helps teach students newspaper photo pro­ Technology; Delores Forest, Business; tions design student in Fine and Applied duction using technology primarily avail­ David Sanchez, Engineering; Mecca Arts, Shaffercontinued her studies at RIT able only at newspapers. The Associated Brooks and Sofia de! Castillo, Imaging for her graduate degree and found time Press satellite provides color and black­ Arts and Sciences; Christopher Redwood, to render the restoration of the famous and-white photographs from around the Liberal Arts; and LaSonya Roberts, Seabreeze roller coaster frontand to world for use with stories fromRIT's Science. redesign or restore most of the other ride existing AP Newswire. fronts at Rochester's Seabreeze Park. Fol­ "This state-of-the-art system gives stu­ lowing several years of work involved in dents hands-on experience with the same Sunshine Too carousel restoration and free-lance design, manufacturing processes found in any in 1986 Shaffer became senior exhibits newspaper production facility," said Dr. To Present designer for the Rochester Museum and Robert G. Hacker, professor of newspaper Science Center. operations management in SPMS. "We are Free Performances Eight years later, she is deputy director proud to be one of a small number of uni­ Sunshine Too, NTID's acclaimed touring of design for the museum and supervises versities in the country that has this tech­ company of three deaf and three hearing all facets of exhibit making and design of Lois Shaffer. BFA, "76, MFA "78 and her pet nology and believe it will give our stu­ Triceratops pose among the Apatosaurus in a actors, will present free performances at both permanent and traveling exhibits. display of dinosaurs she designed for the dents a competitive edge in their careers." 8 p.m., Sat., March 11, and 2:30 p.m., She and her staff of five provide all design, Rochester Museum and Science Center. Photos received from the satellite will Sun., March 12, in Panara Theatre. fabrication, carpentry, audio-visual needs be used in The Journalist,a newspaper The performancesare open to the pub­ and lighting for as many as 15 shows per published several times each quarter by lic and are appropriate for both children year. In addition, she is involved in exhibit newspaper operations management stu­ been the carousel and cowboy exhibits. and adults. Sunshine Too this year cele­ selection, renovations and upkeep for the dents. As part of the satellite dish installa­ However, she adds "bigger is not neces­ brates its 15th year of educating and enter­ museum. tion package, SPMS also obtained AP sarily better. I am very proud of a small taining audiences throughout the country. She modestly admits that the displays Leafdesk, a monitor and file server that exhibit I've created about the Vietnam The performances are accessible to deaf she produces are more ambitious produc­ receives pictures and allows students to Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester. and hearing audience members. tions than most other museums venture. tone, crop and rotate photos on-screen to "RIT opened my horizons and allowed For more information, call -6250 "In developing the exhibit, you 're telling a fit the newspaper's layout. Prior to getting me to look at the world in a more creative (V/ITY). story. You have to keep in mind your audi­ photos directly from the satellite, students way. I apply that vision today when I work ence, the space available for the exhibit, received prints of photos, a method that on my exhibits and believe I can make my the budget, and, of course, what it is has become obsolete at most newspapers. little world even better," says Shaffer. exactly that you are trying to say," she says. Shafferhas enjoyed the variety of pro­ jects she's had the opportunity to work on and says among the most enjoyable have Next Issue An update on managed attrition will appear in the March 9 News & Events. February 24, 1995 NEWS & EVENTS 3 Rochester a Change of Pace For Student Gov't Senator

By Laura Mikols Tracy Jarvis, a Student Government sena­ tor representing the Black Awareness Coordinating Committee, likes Rochester, but says it's not made for pedestrian types from Brooklyn, like her. "I love the pace and energy of the neighborhoods in Brooklyn," Jarvis says. "I miss the street fairs, the parades and most of all the win­ dow shopping. In Rochester, shopping Tracy Jarvis means getting into a car and driving out to The Marketplace mall. In Brooklyn, it is the Professionaland Technical Communi­ taking a walk down the block." cation Department that made her stay. Jarvis, a fourth-year communication "After hearing about RIT's reputable major in the College of Liberal Arts, tells printing program from my high school REACHING FOR THE 'STARS' ... During her Feb. 9 presentation at the National Technical her other friendsfrom New York City who teacher, I chose the practical, lucrative Institute for the Deaf, Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995, highlighted her STARS program a.rehomesick to take a stroll down Monroe major," she says. "But as I progressed in . . (Success Through Action and Realization of your DreamS), which emphasizes positive altitude, belief 111 Avenue; she calls it "the Greenwich the program, I discovered it was just too a dream and hard work. More than 500 students.faculty and staffmembers al/ended Whites/one's Village of Rochester." technical forme. I was learning how to presentation, sponsored by the NTID Special Speaker Series. While RIT's printing program enticed run a printing press and studying half­ Jarvis to Rochester four years ago, it was tones. What I really wanted was to express my creativity." She switched in her second year to com­ munication, and discovered her flairfor the softer sciences. "I love my major now," Jarvis says. "I'm so enamored. The classes are smaller and so interactive. I am learningthings I can immediately apply to CIAS Comes Together for Cross-Curricular Courses my life." Jarvis plans to be a social worker, working with children and families in a By Laurie Maynard clinical setting. Jarvis will examine the representation The Foundations class in the College of of AfricanAmericans in children's litera­ Imaging Arts and Sciences teaches begin­ ture for her senior-year research project. ning students just what its name implies: "People are always pushing reading on the building blocks, the underpinnings of children," she says. "I think it's important a.rt in the '90s. And like much of CIAS­ to take a close look at what we are asking the largest RIT college-the department them to read. Children's books are a pow­ has begun to work seamlessness and clus­ erful socializing agent in forming percep­ ter philosophy into its goals. Some of its tions." basic classes, formerly designed as Jarvis enjoys serving on Student Gov­ requirements for art students only, have ernmentbecause she can actually do expanded this year to include photography something to improve student life on cam­ freshmen. pus. As a senator, she represents fellow "Of course, we felt a little trepidation. BACC members to the university on We were concerned about watering down issues like Commencement speakers and art content that would negatively affect the library hours. art and design students, and, on the other In addition to serving on Student Gov­ hand, not make the class pertinent enough ernment,Jarvis sings in RIT's Gospel forphoto students," says Joyce Hertzson, Ensemble. In her remaining free time, she chair of the Foundation Department. Fac­ cherishes naps, visits to local art galleries ulty decided not to alter the art content, and museums, and shopping-even at but to use more photography fordesign and imagery." That takes computers and Rochester's suburban malls. analysis. "School of Photographic Arts software like SuperPaint and Photoshop. and Sciences faculty had told us they Computer access has surfaced as one wanted it to remain an a.rt design 2-D problem with the larger enrollment- class, with no amendments forphoto a direct result of adding 140 photo students students," adds Hertzson. to the approximately 200 art, design and Noting that professional artists, art Film Students crafts students in foundation courses. directors and photographers must often Faculty and 3-D classes must use the work in teams, faculty from both areas Witmeyer Lab as well, putting a tremen- Broadcast Work agree that photography students need to . dous strain on the facility. understand basics of two-dimensional "This is one of few labs on campus that Over Cable TV design. "We need more common prerequi­ has 3-D software. We've built a very hefty sites to ease curricular crossovers," adds population who need it, and that's growing RIT film/video students have gone public Hertzson. geometrically," says Hertzson, who hopes in 12 half-hour cable TV programs­ Some faculty in the School of Photo­ other CIAS labs can open for foundation called "RIOT TV"-a weekly showing of graphic Arts and Sciences suggest their students. (CIAS houses SPAS, the School their works, including animated, docu­ freshmen should even learnto draw before of Art and Design, the School for American mentary, fiction and experimental filmand composing photographs, says Judy Levy, Crafts, and the School of Printing video. "RIOT TV" airs at lO p.m. on a 2-D instructor who comes from a pho­ Management and Sciences.) Wednesdays and again at 8:30 p.m. on tography and a.rtbackground. "The photo Curricular clustering should work well Fridays, through March 27, on Rochester students are good at seeing issues­ in beginning classes like these, believes Community TV Channel 15. conceptually very bright. But when it (Top photo) Foundation instructor Zerbe Hertzson. "It's time for this--even with Sodervick (left) works with art and photography The program also airs on Finger Lakes comes to hands-on design, they fa.rebetter the juggling and compromising that's students on 3-D cut-paper collages, discussing Public Access Cable on Channel 12 and when merged with art students. Half of needed to get the courses to schedule all the importance of color choice and mix. (Bollom on cable stations in Buffalo, Syracuse and these photo students have never drawn right for everyone. We started thinking photo) Examining a student's progress with a Ithaca. In total, "RIOT TV" will reach before, whereas all the a.rtstudents have," self-image project-digitizing his face on about the merging of curricula with the 300,000 households, says Cat Ashworth, she says, noting art applicants must submit computer, then painting the enlarged, printed merger of the two previous colleges. Now visiting instructor in the School of Photo­ portfolios to attend RIT. version--Foundation instructor Stephanie Cole we're taking an important step toward aims her 2-D class toward making individual graphic Arts and Sciences. "I see this broadening everyone's expe­ implementing the Strategic Plan." art books. "This is a great opportunity for students rience," says Stephanie Cole, 2-D instruc­ to get exposure for their work," says tor. "All artists must learn how to isolate a Ashworth, even in terms of graphics and composition, to create a frameof refer­ marketing the show. For example, a new ence. In a foundationclass we can break logo for "RIOT TV" will soon appear on down photographs as well as a.rtimages to the show, designed by a computer anima­ understand good composition." She tells tion student. her students to "look at images as if look­ Types of works shown (many "shorts" ing through a camera." Students who make up a program) include an award­ leave her yearlong classes will have winning animation about "a hungry girl's created a book that "manipulates space desire for a bagel that leads her to the cafe­ teria of the bizarre"; an atmospheric docu­ mentary of Java Joe's, a local coffeehouse; a "fake" documentary in the style of the popular TV series "COPS"; a story about a dream date "gone bizarre"; an animation about a little cube that wants to be a circle; and a senior thesis project documenting a trip to an ancestral home in Ukraine. 4 NEWS & EVENTS February 24, 1995

DONATIONS & GRANTS

with all materials available on a Gopher Disabled Students server. Get Boost from NSF EASI, which has conducted hundreds of presentations, produced and distributed The National Science Foundation has thousands of brochures and pamphlets, awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant to the and created a complete book on computer American Association for Higher Educa­ access, operates three electronic discussion tion to create materials to help disabled lists used by more than 2,000 people from students study math, science and engi­ 40 countries. For more information, con­ neering. The grant work will be tact Coombs at -2462 or [email protected]. carried out by EASI-Equal Access to Software and Information, an AAHE pro­ Science Receives gram that uses information technology to help people with disabilities achieve full Research Grant participation in education programs, both as students and faculty. The College of Science has been selected The materials will be based on EASI's as a national site for an undergraduate ongoing work, led by chair Norman research program sponsored by the Coombs, a professorin the College of Lib­ National Science Foundation. The Depart­ eral Arts, on "adaptive" computing tech­ ment of Chemistry received a $150,000 Area high school students ardently discussed a simulated world crisis during RIT's first Global Awareness Day, held on Feb. JO. The event drew 16 schools and 180 teens. nology and access to electronic informa­ NSF grant to host 10 students for the 10- tion for people with disabilities. EASI will week program each summer for the next emphasize using the Internetto distribute three years. the project's work to the largest possible With a special emphasis on women and audience. minorities, the NSF program provides out­ Teens Take World View "We're thrilled with the award," says standing undergraduates with an opportu­ Coombs, director of the project. "We've nity to take part in "hands-on" chemical spent the last six years creating and dis­ research under the direction of a faculty At Global Awareness Day tributing materials that have helped thou­ member. The research program at RIT, sands of people with disabilities use com­ "Investigations of the Chemical and Phys­ By Laurie Maynard "This really got some students thinking puter technology to go through school and ical Properties of Macromolecules," will Ecuador and Peru, Bosnia and the Serbs, and getting right into crisis discussions," move into the work place. This grant be led by professors fromthe colleges of Israel and the Palestinians-the list of said Prosser after the closing session. A allows us to specifically teach how people Science and Engineering. nations and peoples in conflict,historical­ pleased teacher from Henrietta schools with disabilities can use information tech­ "We are proud to be a part of this out­ ly and today, points to the constant need said, "You just made my UN Club reality. nology for careers in science and math. standing program in motivating students for organizations like the United Nations This was great." It's especially difficult to provide access to to achieve scientificexcellence," says as it turns50. Sixteen area high schools, The students, many involved with these fields, and it's well past time that Thomas Gennett, a professor in the from Byron-Bergen to Edison Tech to model UN activities in their schools and people with disabilities get the tools to Department of Chemistry. "We plan to Pittsford-Mendon, recognize the need: towns, worked with packets containing gain access." offerstudents a unique total research they sent 180 students to RIT on Feb. 10 actual UN publications, maps, country For this project, EASI has put together a experience, including on-site seminars at forthe Rochester area's first Global backgrounds, the day's agenda and-most group of national consultants with exper­ the scientific research centers of leading Awareness Day. importantly-the "Security Council Crisis tise in science, math and disabilities. As Rochester corporations." The teens, including some foreign Simulation." RIT students fromProsser's well as using presentations, videos and This NSF grant for undergraduate exchange students, assumed the roles of class "Civic Discourse in the United publications to distribute materials, EASI research is the second received by the delegates in Security Council enactments, Nations" facilitated the 15 delegations, will also send materials electronically, College of Science in recent years. engaging in crisis planning and problem says W. John Carl III, a fourth-year pro­ including an interactive on-line workshop solving for the countries assigned to them. fessionaland technical communication and an accessible information database The "secret" crisis faced by the students student and GAD student coordinator. involved Africa,says Michael Prosser, Five RIT students and Prosser attended ------~ former Fulbright professor in Swaziland, a larger version of GAD-the l 0th annual internationalcommunications professor North American Model United Nations and originator of GAD. conference-Feb. 15 through 19 in Romano Honored for Leadership Prosser drew more than 2,200 youths to Toronto. Prosser has taught courses on eight annual GADs at the University of communication in the UN since 1969, and Virginia. His GAD model has been dupli­ served as editor of the two-volume Sow Frank Romano, the Melbert B. Cary Dis­ the Wind: Reap the Whirlwind: Heads of tinguished Professor of Graphic Arts, is cated across the U.S. Sponsored by the William A. KernPro­ State Address the United Nations, pub­ the 1995 recipient of the National Associ­ lished for the 25th UN anniversary. He has ation of Printers and Lithographers Tech­ fessor in Communications endowed chair, held by Prosser, the daylong event ended the second 25-year multivolume edition nical Leadership Award. under way forthe UN's 50th. Presented during NAPL's Top Manage­ with heady speeches and awards to suc­ ment Conference in Tucson, Ariz., in cessful delegations. March, the award goes to an individual who represents excellence in the prin­ ciples of craftsmanship and technical Frank Romano leadership in the graphic arts industry. Romano-who joined the School of Print­ by this year's very deserving recipient." ing Management and Sciences in 1993- Romano, an internationallyrenowned is only the second educator to win the expert in graphic communications, teaches NAPL award. Last year's recipient was courses in electronic publishing and multi­ professorWerner Rebsamen. media. He has founded several publica­ "We are honored that two RIT faculty tions, written seven books and thousands have been consecutively recognized by of articles, presented at hundreds of semi­ NAPL for their outstanding contributions nars, consulted on more than 850 projects, to the graphic arts industry," says Hal served on the boards of numerous trade Gaffin,director of SPMS. "This award is associations and received nearly 40 further testimony to our faculty and their awards and certificates. leadership roles as educators, personified

learning experience on campus. "One of Ambulance • • • the things my co-op employers said they Continued from page 1 liked best about me is my ability to assess "We have worked really hard to shape a a situation and deal with it immediately­ new image in college emergency medical on the fly,"says Barlow. "If I make a mis­ service," says Caleb Barlow, president of take, I redo it on the spot. I got that from the corps and fifth-year electrical engi­ RIT Ambulance because there is absolutely neering student. "When I started volun­ no room for indecisiveness." teering five years ago, people viewed us as "The students on the corps have their just a bunch of kids. We changed that personal reason for making such a tremen­ perception by personally dedicating our­ dous commitment of their time," says selves to quality management and never Barlow. "Initially, curiosity and excitement messing up." gets them in. Then they find out how good Their effortsearned the corps New it feels to help people during the most York State certification at the defibrillation critical points in their lives, and they get level. "RIT's capacity to offer rapid defib­ hooked." rillation really sets us apart as a college The corps, primarily staffedby student JAMMING THE NIGHT AWAY ... RIT's Mardi Gras celebration brought the Duke Ellington Band corps," says Barlow. "That is what saves volunteers, operates as a self-governed division of RIT's Student Health Center. to campus this month on a blizzardy Sunday evening. Conductor Mercer Ellington heated Ingle people's lives, as Erik demonstrated." Auditorium up with brassy big-bandjazz,featuring a number of hot saxophone, trumpet and trombone RIT students echoed that their time vol­ duets and soloists. unteering for the corps has been their best February 24, 1995 NEWS & EVENTS 5 Campus United Way Campaign Features RIT 'Success Stories' RIT in the News RIT maintains a high profile in the media, By Laura Mikols gaining valuable visibility in major No matter where your travels take you on national, trade, local and regional media. Following is a sampling of recent campus, you'll be seeing a lot of Janet Nystrom, scheduling officer/instructor in placements: RIT's Learning Development Center, and • Associated Press-Lists most promis­ ing careers in technology as rated by her daughter Lori, and of Elizabeth Pirotta, RIT consultant at RIT Research Corporation. • Associated Press-Medical career arti­ They eagerly shared their personal stories on posters supporting the RIT/United Way cle mentions RIT's physician assistant "Help Write a Success Story" Pacesetter program campaign, Feb. 10 to March 17. • Associated Press (papers include St. Pirotta and Nystrom said they volun­ Louis Post-Dispatch and Los Angeles Times)-RIT is part of a story on what teered because they wanted the RIT com­ colleges are doing digitally munity to know how much United Way­ supported agencies help people right here • Associated Press-Reports on RIT's PREP program (tuition discount for on campus. Nystrom panicked when her daughter laid-offworkers) Lori, who has Down's syndrome, finished • The New York Times and Forbes­ Andrew DuBrin, College of Business, school. "The job Lori held for several quoted on office holiday party morale summers did not become a permanent • The Washington Post News Service­ position due to cutbacks," says Nystrom. "She had no means of transportation. Would Jasper Shealy, College of Engineering, is part of a story on ski injuries she sit alone at home day after day? Would • The Washington Post-Thomas her family be her only connection for entertainment, conversation?" Hopkins, College of Liberal Arts, is included in story on regulations in ARC of Monroe County's Jobpath pro­ government gram helped Lori find her place in the real world. A Jobpath counselor canvassed • Bloomberg Personal Sunday Magazine (papers include Dallas Morning News, neighborhood businesses and found a Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Boston match for Lori at Crest Manor Nursing Herald and New York Daily News)­ Home, where she works as a dietary aide. "Lori lives at home, but has the inde­ Kyle Mattson, College of Business, quoted on teaching fiscal responsibility pendence any young adult would want in to children her life," says Jan. "She gets to work on • The Boston Globe-Frank Romano, her own, eats lunch there, and takes pride in the friends she has made among her co­ School of Printing Management and workers. Thanks to the ARC, Lori feels Sciences, is part of a story on the good about herself and has a bright future." decline of weekly papers Just a fewmonths shy from graduating • The San Francisco Examiner­ with a master's degree in color science, Chronicle -A'isha Ajayi, Information Pirotta, then an RIT student, found out she Technology, is quoted in story on had Hodgkin's disease. Biweekly chemo­ IBM and Apple corporate culture therapy treatments abruptly placed her comparisons education and plans for the future in­ • Carl Rowan syndicated column-RIT definitely on hold. mentioned in list of scholarships "I started feeling removed from life and awardea to black students really lost," she says. "My husband, family • Management Review-article by Eugene Fram, College of Business, on and friends were supportive, but they didn't know how to help me. Through career contingency plans Cancer Action, I found out how to help • Online Access-Frank Romano, School of Printing Management and Sciences, myself." Pirotta joined Cancer Action's Hodgkin's Survivors Network. Best of all, quoted about on-line advertising Elizabeth says, she found out about its • Mobile Office-A'ishaAjayi, Informa­ Rotary Sunshine Camp foradults coping tion Technology, is part of a story on with cancer. working at home • Popular Communications-Student "Cancer Action gave me a vacation from computer graphics students in the National Top photo: Janet Nystrom and her daughter Lori. Mehmet Ergelen is the first-place my disease," she says. "I met a lot of great Technical Institute for the Deaf, designed Bottom photo: Elizabeth Pirotta. winner in a national pager contest people with cancer and they were all so the layout and prepared camera-ready alive. They helped me see I could start liv­ mechanicals. They collaborated with ing lifeagain." Pirotta said the break saw Mark Anderson and Eileen Henry, both Continued on page 8 her through her last few months of chemo­ fourth-year advertising photography stu­ therapy. She finishedher master's degree dents in the School of Photographic Arts last May. and Sciences, who shot the photos. RIT's United Way Steering Committee enlisted students to create the United Way posters. Christie Huelskamp and Khari Balogun, both third-year applied art and

TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE WACKY PICTURES ... These photography teachers from high schools photography, holography and color theory. Visitorsalso toured campus and George Eastman House, and community colleges around the U.S. came to a first-of-its-kind photo/imaging workshop Jan. 26-29 and are shown here in front of the Gannett Building in this photo taken with a panoramic camera. "We at R!T. Inspired, taught and largely financed by the imaging and photographic technology faculty in the wanted to let educators know how much we can offer here," said faculty, noting that each of the 20 School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, the workshop drew 36 applicants for only 20 slots. Session teachers could reach 50 to 100 potential RIT students a year. Interestingly, the teachers heard about the topics covered in 40 hours of instruction and hands-on work included electronic imaging, high-speed session mostly via Internet. 6 NEWS & EVENTS February 24, 1995

Do You Know This Face? found art "late," as a college sophomore on his way to a biology degree. "I finished that degree, though, and got a BFA in paint­ ing at the same time," he says, noting he discovered his penchant for teaching while in graduate school. With his MFA in painting, the native New Englander taught junior high for eight years in Hartford, Conn., then earned a master's degree in art education and an Ed.D. in college-level teaching of studio art (fromColumbia University) before entering university employ. RIT brought him in nearly seven years ago to teach creativity classes to first-year and transfer art students, in which he uses methods like freeassociation to "open up students to natural, childlike behaviors." As one who gathers and uses creative Creativity can be very hard for students, energy fromall he experiences, Tom many of whom feel insecure about cutting STUDENTS TEACHING STUDENTS ... Nadia Dunker (center), an allied health major and College Lightfoot findsart and teaching equally loose, he notes. of Science AAHANA student, demonstrates blood-pressure screening during a recent open house for important in his life. Lightfoot describes "For me, staying creative means facing high school students. The event, designed to create interest in college and career opportunities in himself as "a child of the '60s" actively science, brought approximately I 00 students from Rochester City School District high schools to my fears,overcoming inhibition, and doing r "being a person in the world," evident in campus. Afican American, Hispanic American and Native American students in the College of Science something useful and helpful," says organized and coordinated the activities. his work with RIT committees and in the Lightfoot, who has assisted AIDS support greater Rochester community. groups and explores Native American "My life experiences feed my art, which beliefs and practices like Vision Quests and feeds my teaching, which then inspires and sweat lodges to release creative thought. feedsthe art," explains Lightfoot, assistant "Everything is absolutely connected," professor in the Foundation Department in he says. "Creativity and art work come out the School of Art and Design. He says he of my life and inform my life." IL____Policy Council

A proposal for a master's degree in infor­ NRS Kicks off'95 With New Initiatives mation technology was approved by Policy Council, but two other program proposals By Brad Rye were tabled in action by the Policy Council on Feb. 8. January saw a flurryof activities for the A special meeting was called for Feb. 15, Nathaniel Rochester Society, a support at which a master of science degree in organization that helps develop friends manufacturing management and leader­ and ambassadors for RIT. ship was approved, along with a curricu­ The NRS Executive Committee lum revision in the College of Business's approved the organization's officers for MBA program. 1995, including several new officers,com­ In other action on Feb. 8, there was mittee chairs and Executive Committee extensive discussion concerningthe Code members. Appointed fortwo-year terms at of Conduct for Computer Use. That topic the Jan. 24 meeting were Barbara Lane, was tabled until March's meeting in order NRS chairperson; Mike and Jean Morley, to modify and clarify several points in the NRS vice chairpersons; and Mary and document. Bob Gulick, Nominating Committee President Simone announced that Bill chairpersons. New Executive Committee Stratton will leave his post as director of members approved for three-year terms the School of Computer Science and were Pete and Sally Merrill, Roger Information Technology in the College of O'Brien, and John and Mary Parke. Applied Science and Technology to Earlier in the month, the President's become chairperson of an Ad Hoc Study Circle met at Liberty Hill for a presenta­ Group on Institutional Information. The tion by President Simone, "What Is Strate­ group is charged to determine the informa­ gic About RIT's Strategic Plan?" The tion, data and systems required by RIT in event was the firstin a series designed by (left to right) Jean Morley, new NRS vice chai1person (along with her husband, Mike, not pictured); Barbara lane, new NRS chairperson; and Bob and Mary Gulick, past NRS chairpersons and new the future. He is expected to returnto full­ the President's Circle Committee, chaired Nominating Committee chai1persons. time teaching when the 16-month assign­ by Alan and Nancy Cameras, to help ment is completed. members gain a deeper insight into issues Simone also pointed out that a paper will facing RIT and higher education. The Kathleen S. Smith of Rochester. Ronald attended the event, which included a be distributed to begin discussions to clar­ President's Circle offersNRS members an Salluzzo is area partner-in-charge for reception at the Hale-Andrews Student ify the status of educational development opportunity to provide support beyond the higher education, research organizations Life Center, a tour of the facilities, and an faculty. Society level and to become more closely and other not-for-profits at KPMG Peat RIT vs. Hobart hockey game. Speaking at The report from the Calendar Committee engaged in the life of the university. The Marwick. Gary Smith is director of RIT the pre-game reception were President is expected shortly. President's Circle has 117 members who Purchasing, and his wife, Kathleen, is Simone; Barbara Lane, NRS chair; and annually contribute $1,000 or more to senior editor in NTID Marketing and John Sturge, president of the RIT Alumni

NRS. Communications. Network board of directors. - - - - Also in January, NRS welcomed four The group concluded the busy month For more information about the new members, Ronald E. and Sharon with the NRS/Alumni Family Hockey Nathaniel Rochester Society, call Marisa Salluzzo of Pittsford and Gary B. and Night Jan. 27. More than 180 people Psaila, NRS coordinator, at -4932. Mark Calendars For Faculty Series

Continuing in the Faculty Colloquium Series 1994-95 are the following upcom­ ing presentations: NTID Selects Distinguished Alum as Lecturer • "The Ethics of Non-Violence," by The National Technical Institute for the Chairperson of Hewlett-Packard's deaf RIT, Conrad obtained a master's degree in James L. Campbell, professor,Depart­ Deaf has selected Raymond Conrad, a and hard-of-hearing employee network, business administration from the Univer­ ment of Philosophy, College of Liberal 1981 RIT alumnus, as the 1994-95 Conrad is a strong advocate for a barrier­ sity of Maryland in 1991. Arts, March 21 Edmund Lyon Memorial Lecturer. free work place environment. He has par­ The Edmund Lyon Memorial Lecture­ • "Trends in Printing and Publishing," by Conrad, an officetechnology consultant ticipated on several panels focusingon the ship was established in memory of C. Harold Gaffin,director, School of for the Hewlett-Packard Company in work place environment and its implica­ Edmund Lyon, a trustee of RSD from Printing Management and Sciences, Rockville, Md., will make a presentation tions for the future. In the spring of 1994 1911 to 1920 and a trustee of RIT's prede­ April 11 to NTID students, faculty and staffmem­ he was the keynote speaker at Hewlett­ cessor, Mechanics Institute, from1905 to Both presentations will be held from bers at noon, Tues., March 28, in Clark Packard's third Deaf, Hard of Hearing 1920. Each year, the lectureship brings to 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Carlson Center Meeting Room. Conrad also will meet and Hearing Impaired Forum in Santa campus for several days deaf people who auditorium, room 1125, with a reception with students in NTID's business occupa­ Clara, Calif. have distinguished themselves in careers following. tions program and students at Rochester In addition to earninga bachelor's in science, technology, business, industry, School for the Deaf during his visit. degree in business administration from the arts or public service, and serve as role models to deaf students as well as profes­ sional staff members. February 24, 1995 NEWS & EVENTS 7

Liberty Hill Dodge Grants Support Research Breakfast Series A grant of up to $1,000 is offeredannually Upcoming topics in the Liberty Hill to RIT facultymembers for financial Breakfast Series 1995 are: assistance in supporting research and • "Bloody Wednesday: Human Rights development efforts conducted during the Violations at the University of academic year. Swaziland," by Michael Prosser, Kern Projects must have as their purpose Professor, Department of Commu­ improving the effectiveness of faculty nication, College of Liberal Arts, engaged in educating deaf and hard-of­ March 9 hearing students at RIT. Grant recipients • "Is the News Reported or Interpreted?," must be faculty who have been employed by Andy Wolfe, president, editor and by RIT for a period of at least three aca­ publisher of WolfePublications, Inc., demic years prior to being considered for March 14 a grant. • "The Impact of GATT on Rochester," Potential grant recipients are expected by Thomas Mooney, president of to file appropriate documentation to estab- the Greater Rochester Chamber of 1 ish the potential impact of the work upon Commerce, and Charles Goodwin, vice deaf students at RIT. Applications forthe president of International Trade and Dodge Memorial Fund Faculty Grant AWARD WINNER . .. Tony Fraij (left), RIT cross country and track All-American, is shown with base­ Transportation, March 23 must be submitted by March 15. ball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson at recent Rochester Press-Radio Club press conference. Fraij was • "Ethics and Engineering Education," For further info1mation and grant appli­ named WHEC-TV IO Local College Athlete of the Year. Presentation was made at the annual Press­ by Fred Wilson, professor, Department cation forms, contact Mort Nace, NTID Radio Club dinner, where Robinson was a featured speaker. (Photo by James Cheng) of Science, Technology and Society, Officeof Faculty and Staff Development, College of Liberal Arts, March 30 2256 Johnson Building, -6860, • "The Renaissance of the Wine Industry," MON2149(YAX) or on All-in-1. by Willie Frank, chairman of the board of Dr. Frank's Yinifera Wine Cellars and president of Chateau Frank Phone Book Champagne Cellars, April 6 Students to Photograph Presentations are by invitation only. To Changes attend, call Barbara Stalker or Barry Culhane at -7200. The Liberty Hill Break­ Clip and save these changes to the RIT NASA Shuttle Launch fast Series receives support from the directory. New information is in bold type. Army and Air Force ROTC, Campus Send additional changes to Karen Beadling, By Laurie Maynard make its millions of photographs available Communications, at KMBCMP (YAX). to Internet users. "They have 500,000 Safety,Catering and the staff of the A technical photographer's dream will pictures available at NASAJohnson President's Office. Beck, Nita -4936 become reality for RIT students on Space Center [in Houston] alone," says Continuing Education March 2. About a dozen Imaging and Davidhazy. Coordinator, Tech. Communication Photographic Technology students will set Realizing the future of images on the & PR Communication up cameras at NASA's John F. Kennedy World Wide Web, Davidhazy and fellow Deaf Actors Sought City Center Space Center to photograph the next space professorRus Kraus have begun to design shuttle launch. a home page (an on-line descriptive For HIV/AIDS Video Dettman, Donna -4936 "They'll have the same privileges as the "cover outline") fortheir department. This Continuing Education news photographers," says Andrew adds to PhotoForum, an on-line service Deaf actors are needed for an HIV/ AIDS Coordinator, General Communciation Davidhazy, professor and chair of the Davidhazy designed last year to answer prevention video. NTID's Department of City Center imaging/technology program in the technical photography questions and con­ Human Development seeks five deaf School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. nect photographers everywhere. males and fivedeaf females to portray Kern,James -5135 About three miles from the launch-as "We're the biggest list server 'living' high school and college-age students for a F __Phy sics close as humans-can be-students will-set at R- f ;-we ha:ve-700 membet'S,ineltltling-­ videotape that wi-lHoeus-on preven�ien ef - JRKSPS up cameras to photograph the moment of people in Hungary, South Africa,Singapore HIV and AIDS. Auditions will take place 1332 Armex shuttle launch. and Japan," he says. PhotoForum lists from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Mon., March 13, and "It's not the sort of thing you can just imaging classes and seminars around the Wed., March 15, in Studio Bon the second Lampley, Valerie -2270 V/TTY point your camera at and shoot," he says. world, as well as data on a number of floor of theJohnson Building. No pre­ Manufacturing Eng. Tech. It takes special equipment and knowledge photo groups. pared monologues are necessary. VDLMET of imaging technology. Four RIT imaging/ The imaging/technology students will The educational video, "Zeroing In on 2167 Gleason technology alumni work at NASA now, also soon begin an unusual homework HIV/AIDS: A Prevention Video forDeaf notes Davidhazy, who had a NASA pho­ assignment: to each design an interactive Students," will be produced by NTID in tographer speak to his class on Feb. 18. home page with a portfolio of photo­ association with Finger Lakes Health Sys­ On another note, NASA has taken graphic work and resume data. tems Agency, The AIDS Institute and the advantage of the newest technology to State of New York. Rehearsals begin ::t JPROMOTJ.PNS/TRANSFERS ; March 20 and filming continues through early April. For more information, call Promotions: Sharon DiFelice, secretary Sherlea Dony at -6200 (V /TTY) from III, National Technical Institute for the 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Deaf; Keely Murphy, senior counselor, Financial Aid; Steven Saunders, chief engineer, Physical Plant RIT On-Line Popular Destination on Info Highway i-- - - = =r=-= =--=-- - = --" I By Bill McKee Science, and Computer Engineering; vision a reality. It will evolve into an l..--::- -- - DEATHS' - I NTID High Technology Center for Elec­ extensible, home-based, interactive Pick up any magazine these days and tronic Publishing and Imaging; School of communications platform that will Alice H. Stratton, a longtime supporter of you' re bound to find an article on the Photographic Arts and Sciences; School make possible our virtual university. various RIT organizations, died Feb. 2. Internet or World Wide Web. That type of of Printing and Photo House. • RIT is investing significantresources The widow of Burton E. Stratton, named coverage is a reflection of the astounding However, according to Tom Policanno, to allow all areas of the Institute to dean emeritus of the Evening College in jump in access and interest in traversing chairman of the RIT On-Line Oversight participate in electronic communica­ 1962 following a 28-year career at RlT, the "information superhighway." Committee, the committee is in the pro­ tion available through the Internet.It is and mother ofJohn A. Stratton, acting Interest can also be measured through cess of developing a structure that will important that all material that RIT director of the School of Engineering the number of times RIT On-Line has been provide near- and long-term ability to pro­ staff prepare for RIT On-Line is of a Technology, Mrs. Stratton was 92. accessed by computer users. According to vide access to all RIT departments and professional and high-quality nature, as She was actively involved with the RIT figuresprovided by Information Systems organizations. As soon as the structure is it reflectsRIT to the world. Alumni Association, serving as one of its and Computing, 3,060 different machines determined, the committee plans to work These guidelines will continually be firstvolunteers and helping to produce one have looked at RIT Web pages; 2,502 have with interested departments in linking updated as is the nature of on-line commu­ of the organization's earliest publications. been outside of RIT's domain. them to RIT On-Line. nications. She also participated in the Women's Club Internationalaccess has come from the As part of the development process, the 1) All RIT On-Line projects must and was instrumental in acquiring the first following: Australia-17 different sites; on-line committee has established the fol­ enhance the RIT mission and adhere to all tea service for RIT. Canada-51; Germany--43; France-18; lowing criteria forRIT On-Line Participa­ RIT policies and procedures. Memorials can be made to the Japan-26; Netherlands-26; Sweden-34; tion: -This includes RIT's Computing Code American Cancer Society or the Camp United Kingdom-63 differentsites. • According to the Vision Statement of of Conduct Fowler Ministries of the Brighton RIT has yet to actively publicize its new the RIT Strategic Plan: Learningand -Precedence elsewhere on the Internet ReformedChurch. material on the Web, yet already 43 infor­ Careers 2004, "Rochester Institute of does not constitute approval for RIT On­ mation cards have been submitted; five Technology will lead higher education Line use. undergraduate applications have been sub­ in preparing students forsuccessful 2) All officially sanctioned RIT depart­ mitted and 178 different sites haveretrieved career development over their life­ ments and student or facultyorganizations a total of 1,194 Prospectus documents. times. The successful implementation are eligible to develop RIT On-Line home Many departments on campus have of this vision will guarantee the vitality pages. moved ahead with creating their own of our university and the continued 3) All RIT Information Providers (IPs) home pages available through the World student-centeredness of our programs." must receive project approval for connec- Wide Web, among them Computer Sci­ • RIT On-Line is the key near-term tech­ ence, Computer Science House, Imaging nology platform that will make this Continued on page 8 8 NEWS & EVENTS February 24, 1995

v /J: � >; -c.-; W< <&tf P ti � ¾' Km < «*�I"v ,e c, - V, lf: - NEWSMAKERS , ,' • , '' 0 " ,,, � ��1�1� !;;{/ ,� • George Cook, adjunct professor of market­ Award for his "Total Quality Management and • Balwant Karlekar, chair of Mechanical third and Prozeller 's fourth appointment to the ing and marketing program coordinator, Firm Performance: A Market Evaluation" at Engineering, College of Engineering, has been board, a select group of professionals who College of Continuing Education, spoke at the the annual conference of the American Society named a fellow of the American Society of review applications from organizations in the National Association of Realtors Conference for Competitiveness in October in Boston. The Mechanical Engineers. The fellow grade is private, public and education sectors vying for in Anaheim, Calif., on "Putting the Customer paper also was published in Global conferred upon a member with at least 10 the Governor's 1995 Excelsior Award. The First." The conference was attended by 14,000 Competitiveness. Helmuth also presented years' active engineering practice who has award recognizes organizations that have realtors. Cook was also recently appointed to "Quality Management Strategies and Market made significant contributions to the field. demonstrated a commitment to quality prod­ the SUNY-Geneseo John Wiley Jones School Results," written with Ashok Robin, assistant • Bill Keyser, professor, School for American ucts, services and work force. of Business-Business Advisory Council. professor, College of Business, and John Crafts, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, • Andrew Davidhazy, Chairman of the Zdanowicz and Don Chambers, formerly of sculpted the award that was given to the top Imaging and Photographic Technology, School the college. Helmuth published "The three winners in the Rochester Top I 00 by the of Photographic Arts and Sciences, College of Adjustment of Stock Prices to Wall Street Chamber of Commerce in October. Imaging Arts and Sciences, gave two presenta­ Journal Corrections" in the Review of • Bill Mack, assistant director, Financial Aid, RIT in the News • • • Financial Economics with coauthors Robin tions at the Association of Texas Photography volunteered as a member of the panel of Continued from page 5 Instructors annual convention in Houston, and Zdanowicz. Helmuth also published the experts for the Council of Advancement and Texas, in November. He presented his lectures, study guide ModernCorporate Finance with Support of Education/USA Today College "Flashes, Splaches and Pops" and "Scanning Harper Collins publishers. • Gannett Rochester-PREP program; Admissions and Financial Aid Hotline in positive editorial on PREP program; and Panning with Slit Cameras," to an audi­ • Mark Hopkins, assistant professor, electri­ October. The hotline was available nation­ ence of high school photography teachers, cal engineering, College of Engineering, was wide. The panel answered questions called in feature on Doug Rea, School of Photo­ counselors and students. He also published the granted United States Patent Number by students and their families and was accom­ graphic Arts and Sciences, and 1994 article "Scanning with a Polaroid Camera" in 5,355,197 in October. The patent, "Method panied by a series of articles in USA Today on CD esprit magazine; story with photo the officialjournal of the association. and Apparatus for Predicting the Cycle-Down admissions and financial aid. on the one millionth visitor to the Stu­ • Andrew DuBrin, professor of management, Behavior of a Photoreceptor," details a new • Albert Paley, artist in residence and dent Life Center; photo of Formula College of Business, gave a talk on "Coping on-line algorithm for predicting charge reten­ Charlotte Fredericks Mowris Chair in SAE team; "Big Shot" photo; profileof with Work Place Adversity" to the Rochester tion by photoreceptors used in xerographic Contemporary Craft, School for American basketball's Craig Jones copiers and printers. The patent resulted from chapter of Women's Financial International Crafts, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, • Tribune Media Services-John work Hopkins performed at Xerox Corp.'s in October. He also published the book addressed the internationaliron symposium Helmuth, College of Business, quoted Leadership: Research Findings, Skills and Webster Research Center. "From Foundry and Forge" at the Victoria and on one-paycheck families Practice. • Thomas D. Hopkins, Arthur J. Gosnell Albert Museum in London, England, and • The Discovery Channel-Bob • Internationalstudents studying business Professor of Economics, College of Liberal lectured at the University of Brighton in Johnston, Center for Imaging Science, communications at the English Language Arts, testifiedon tax compliance burdens at a October. Also that month, Paley delivered the Institute organized a raffleto collect money hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives keynote lecture at the New York State Art and his Dead Sea Scrolls project for C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association in Ways and Means Committee in December at Teachers Association annual conferenceheld featured Rochester. "It is exciting to see how well a the invitation of its Oversight Subcommittee. in Rochester. In November, Paley addressed a • Reuters-Andrew DuBrin, College of team of students have pulled together to work • Kenneth Hsu, associate professor, and symposium at the Spencer Museum of Art in Business, is part of a story on how to for a good cause," said Donna Pritchard, exec­ George Brown, professor, both of Computer Lawrence, Kan., on "Craft in Transition"; tell the boss you're looking for another utive administrator of C.U.R.E., at the presen­ Engineering, College of Engineering, served as a panelist at a public art symposium job tation of the donation. presented the ASIC and VLSI Design in Philadelphia; and lectured at the • American Careers-Frank Romano, • Paul Ferber, chair of social science, Workshop, receiving top rating-tying with Harbourfront Centre for Crafts in Toronto. School of Printing Management and College of Liberal Arts, joined 35 professors another program-at the Seventh Annual • Patricia Pitkin, director of Wallace Library, Sciences; Steve Kurtz, School of International IEEE Application Specific fromacross the country for C-SPAN's Winter was a panelist at the the New York Library Computer Science and Information 1995 Seminar for Professors in Washington, Integrated Circuits Conference held at RIT Association annual conference in Syracuse in Technology; andJim Ver Hague, D.C., in January. The professors represented and the Rochester Riverside Convention October. The program focused on financial disciplines as diverse as political science, jour­ Center in September. Hsu also organized the constraints affecting library collections and School of Art and Design, featured in a nalism, speech, communications and public DSP Synthesis to Silicon Workshop and was services and creative ways to meet faculty and story on multimedia careers policy. The seminar focused on creative ways the founding Technical Program chairman of students' instructional and research needs. She • Editor & Publisher-A major story on to use C-SPAN's public affairsprogramming the conference. Both Hsu and Brown have described successful strategies used at Wallace RIT and the effect of Gannett phasing in the college classroom and in research. served on the ASIC Conference Technical Library. out of its production coordinators Ferber was selected through a competitive Program Committee since its inception. • Judd Prozeller and Kitren Vanstrander, program; includes comments, and application process. senior program directors, Training and photo, of Robert Hacker, School of • Eugene Fram, J. 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