Wright State University CORE Scholar AlumNews Alumni Relations Spring 1992 AlumNews, Spring 1992 Alumni Association, Wright State University Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/alumnews Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Alumni Association, Wright State University (1992). AlumNews, Spring 1992. This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Alumni Relations at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in AlumNews by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ' USAir begins with you Airline travel is different these days. The difference is at USAir. While other airlines may begin with efficiency expert and image consultants, at USAir we begin with something a lot more important. You. Every person at USAir has focused their energies on putting you, our customer, first. And it's paying off According to the Department of Transportation, USAir had the best on-time record ofany major airline for the first quarter of this year. And that's just one example. Every time we fly, every mile of sky, everything we do, USAir begins with you. \USAir\ ~lumnews Spring 1992 Volume 13, Number 3 Alumnl Association Board of Directors President Bruce Rockwell, 79 B.S.B.; 81 M.B.A. Vice·president Peter DeDominici, 78 M.S.; 90 Ed.S. Secretary H. Denise Tucker, 76 B.S.Ed.; 82 M.Ed. Treasurer Thomas Brooke'/, 84 B.S.B. Kathleen (Fish) Arquilla, 73 B.A. Douglas Boyd, 71 B.S.Ed. Inside Alumnews Micheal Lander, 83 B.S.B.; 89 M.S. Edith Lewis, 83 B.A. James Mack, 70 B.S.B. Ira Stanley, Jr., 76 B.S.B. FEATURES Jerry Stump, 75 B.S.B. Karen Wolf, 72 B.S.Ed.; 81 M.Ed. FOCUS ON THE WORLD Dateline: WSU international. ............................................... 2 Office of Alumnl Relations Model U.N. Team: World class competitors ......................... 3 Director Jim Dock, 78 B.S.Ed.; 83 M.Ed. Assistmt Director Kay Blue, Ph.D. Adventurous alumna observes Soviet coup .......................... 6 Secretary Patricia Dudick An insider's view of Foreign Service ..................................... 8 Systems and Records Coordinator Donna Koopman Graduate writes book: Meet the Japanese ........................... 1O Student EmployHs Laura Shelby and McCutcheon receives first Music Alumni Award .................... 1O April Pool Alumnews WSU HIGHLIGHTS Editor Kay Blue, Ph.D. International exchange: Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities ...... 11 Desktop publishing epr~ducational WSU professor helps Ethiopia grow toward future ................. 12 publishing resources Development Office directors named by Harris ..................... 13 Alumnews is a quarterly publication of Common Warfare: Uncommon collaboration ........................ 13 the WSU Alumni Association. The Alumnews reserves the right to edit any Student Foundation promotes WSU ....................................... 1 3 material submitted. Material and letters to Nutter Center: Sparkling constellation of activities ................. 14 the editor may be sent to the Office of Alumni Relations, AlumnVFoundation Building, Wright State University, Dayton, SPORTS Ohio 45435-0001. How to: Alumni access to campus facilities ........................... 16 Telephone: 5131873-2620 WSU spring athletic schedule ................................................ 16 FAX:513/873-2736 International star is rising ....................................................... 17 On Iha Cover The front cover is a photo construction by ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS Scott Cooper of the Image Coop. Scott New board members ............................................................. 18 created the image composition with multiple exposures; then used chemical Send us your news ................................................................. 1 8 toners to create the overall colors. He Golf tournament .................................................................... 19 finished by hand coloring some of the fine details in the images. Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence .............. 20 Image Coop Dayton, Ohio ALUMNOTES ............................................................ 22 5131223-7788 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ........................................... 24 1 FOCUS ON THE WORLD Dateline: WSU international In this issue, Alumnews reports on WSU from an international focus. The journey begins with letters from alumni who are finding that a passport plus a WSU degree means worldwide adventure. PAPU~NEWGUINEA- ... KUMAMOTO,JAPAN- 1 arrived here August 1, 1988, as a missionary From 1988 to 1990, I was an nurse for the church of the Nazarene. Our mission environment sanitation assistant for is at Kudjip in the Western Highlands, 5,200 feet up the Peace Corps in Rogbesseh village, in the mountains and the climate is beautiful! Sierra Leone. Here, I teach English We're in the Waghi Valley, one of the most fertile ·. for the California Language Institute. regions in the country. Tea and coffee are major ~ People today say 8 crops; avocados, oranges, lemons, guava, and that a college education ~ pawpaw trees are also grown. The valley also '· doesn't take you very •II produces green and sweet potatoes, pumpkin, peanuts, and other garden far. I say they're full veggies. The flowers are huge trees: hibiscus, poinsettia, and gardenia. of mame (beans). My ' I am a tutor (teacher) in the College of Nursing, a three-year, four-month B.A. from WSU took me first to West program. I teach English, Man in Society, and Nurse as a Member of the .~ Profession and supervise students in the hospital medical- surgical wards. Africa, and now to ....__j_:.;..::-- • Japan ... from developing to The people are warm and friendly but face a dilemma. Do we keep our developed country. Wonder where it cultural customs and ways of living or become Westernized? Can we do both? will take me next. .. Anna Eads, 82 B.SN. Jay D. Dillahunt, 87 B.A DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- After graduation, I worked at Hepar Industries, Inc., in Franklin, OH for three years and then ~. left the U.S. for good. I married Jaffer Ali Hussainee, and we spent two years in Karachi, ....._ ~ .: Pakistan, where I worked for Bristol Myer Squibb. In March 1990, we moved to Dubai. .~I I am a q~ality assurance ~ger. for PeJ;>Si ~la. Mo~ of the employ~ are E~tian · "'.:. and Indian so I commumcate m either Hindi or Arabic. I learned Urdu m Pakistan, :f· which is almost the same as Hindi. During the Gulf War, I was a bit scared, but life was normal ere exc pt there were a --....~~ ...,..: 'tot of American soldiers, especially at Pizza Hut and Hardee's. The cost of living is not too expensive-it is a tax-free country. The weather is summer all year. During May to September, it goes up to 110·. In October, it is about 90· and time to enjoy the beautiful beach. Keiko Kohayashi (Hussainee), 84 B.S. STOURBRIDGE, U.K.- 1 work for Aeroquip, which manufactures auto parts all over the world. When I was asked to run our facility in England, my wife, Becky, and our children, Ben and Liz, thought England wouldn't be too bad-at least they JERUSALEM, ISRAEL- speak the same language. Or so I thought. Thank you for your letter. It is nice The plant is located in Brierley Hill near Birmingham, an area called the to see that you are able to keep us ''Black Country." The Industrial Revolution started here and the name comes ex-students in the picture of what is from the coal dust and iron furnace smoke that hung in the air. The people, going on at WSU. From 1974 to 1988, who either worked in mines 14 hours a day or slaved in a steel mill, developed I worked for Austrian Airlines and a dialect quite different from traditional English. It's similar to the difference now work for Singapore Airlines. between Cajun and American English! I loved and still love WSU. Do not My first day on the job I went to a meeting where I couldn't understand a stop keeping us thing anyone was saying. I think that first day they were trying extra hard to informed even if 50 put on the Black Country tongue for the new American boss. The second day years will pass. It was more of the same, but I finally got up enough courage to ask them to slow keeps us young in down. After two years, I still have a little trouble with some of the blokes on the mind and spirit. shop floor. I still find a new meaning to a word now and then, but it's a whole Juval Shenhar, let better. If anybody ever tells you that the British speak the same language we 72B.A. do, tell them to go to the Black Country. Stephen C. Schwab, 73 B.S. 2 FOCUS ON THE WORLD The U.S. delegate angrily slaps papers to the table top in indignation, the Ubyan delegate smirks, and the Soviet delegate makes a point of order. The rommittee chair deftly orchestrates point and counterpoint with the baton of parliamentary procedure. The debate is over extradition of terrorists responsible for the Pan Am 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland. A scene from a television movie or the nightly news? No, it's the Political Science 492/692 seminar in action. WSU's Model U.N. Team: World class competitors by Kay Blue 1'WSU has the longest winning is always scheduled for the week The Political Science 492/692 tradition of any university in the between Palm Sunday and Easter seminar prepares students for the nation," notes Jacob. Of the approxi­ Sunday. That is the confluence of the Model UN. team's annual trip to mately 140 universities and colleges Christian Easter holiday and New York to the National Model competing, only 4 to 7 will be given Passover-a time when business United Nations intercollegiate the distinguished designation and schedules and travel are light competition. Wright State has earned another 5 to 7 will be recognized as resulting in the lowest hotel rates of a reputation for being consistently outstanding. the year. among the best in the country.