25 ÿines FROM: Public Information Office Marty Clark The University of Toledo (419) 537-2675 Toledo, Ohio 43606 August i, 1977 FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT Ron Nessen, former network television news reporter and press secretary to President Gerald R. Ford until January, 1977, will discuss his "Two Years in the White House" at the first of this year's series of University Convocations, scheduled for noon on Thursday, Sept. 29, in The University of Toledo's Doermann Theater. Mr. Nessen's address and 15 other lectures, concerts and theater performances included in the series will be presented free and open to the public on the University's main campus between Sept. 29 and April 25, 1978, according to Dr. J. Robert Carroll, director of the series. Other speakers scheduled include Broadway actress Lois Meredith (Oct. 6), natural- ist Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of Jacques Cousteau (Oct. 27), British children's theater innovator Dorothy Heathcote (Nov. 14), William Colby, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Dec. 6), and former Oklahoma football coach and athletic director Bud Wilkinson (Jan. 19, 1978). Also scheduled are energy specialists Leon Martel and Russell Train (Feb. 9) and Broadway, film and television entertainer Pearl Bailey (April 25). Musicians performing as guests of the University Convocations series are the Trio D'Anches (Oct. 11), pianist Robert Guralnik (Och. 20), New Hampshire's Apple Hill Chamber Players (Nov. i0), Metropolitan Opera commentator and pianist Boris Goldovsky (Feb. 4), the Tartlni Trio (Feb. 16), German pianist Klaus Hellwlg (March 9) and the Zagreb Quartet (April 13). The National Shakespeare Company will present "As You Like It" at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in Doermann Theater, University Hall. (over) -2- Persons wishing copies of a printed schedule of the entire University Convo- cations series for 1977-78 should contact Dr. Carroll at the University Convocations office, University Hall, room 333, or by calling 537-2816. -30- (EDITOR, PLEASE NOTE: A University Convocations schedule is attached.) University Convocations Series, 1977-78 The University of Toledo Dr. J. Robert Carroll, Director (419) 537-2816 Marty Clark Office of Public Information (419) 537-2675 FALL qUARTER Thursday, September 29 "My Two Years in the White House," with Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Gerald R. Ford, Noon, Doermann Theater, University Hall. Thursday, October 6 "Faces of a Woman," with Broadway actress Lois Meredith, Noon, Center Theater, Center for Performing Arts. Tuesday, October ii The Trio D'Anches, in concert, Noon, Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Thursday, October 20 "Franz Liszt," impersonated by pianist Robert Guralnik, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Thursday, October 27 "Sharks, Past and Present," with naturalist Jean-Michel Cousteau, Noon, Doermann Theater, University Hall. Thursday, November i0 New Hampshire's Apple Hill Chamber Players, in concert, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Monday, November 14 "Synthesis of the Arts," with children's theater pioneer Dorothy Heathcote, Noon, Center Theater, Center for Performing Arts. Tuesday, November 15 "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare, with the National Shakespeare Company, 8 p.m., Doermann Theater, University Hall. Tuesday, December 6 "Intelligence:Out of the Shadows," with William Colby, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Noon, Doermann Theater, University Hall. WINTER QUARTER Thursday, January 19 "The Winning Attitude," with TV sportscaster and former Oklahoma football coach and athletic director Bud Wilkinson, Noon, Doermann Theater, University Hall. Saturday, February 4 "An Evening of Opera," with Metropolitan Opera broadcast commentator and opera impresario Boris Goldovsky, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Thursday, February 9 "The Energy Crisis: A Manufactured Mythl" with energy spe- cialists Leon Martel and Russell Train, a debate, Noon, Doermann Theater, University Hall. 2-2-2 University Convocations Series, 1977-78 WINTER QUARTER (Con't) Thursday, February 16 The Tartini Trio, piano, violin, cello, in concert, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Thursday, March 9 German pianist Klaus Hellwig, in recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. SPRING QUARTER Thursday, April 13 The Zagreb Quartet, in concert, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Tuesday, April 25 Broadway, film and television entertainer Pearl Bailey, Noon, Student Union Auditorium. All University Convocations are free and open to the public. The Public Information Office will be happy to make arrangements for press and broadcast interviews with Convocations guests when possible. Please call 537-2675 in advance of performance. ### 30 lines FROM: Public Information Office Marty Clark The University of Toledo (419) 537-2675 Toledo, Ohio 43606 August 3, 1977 FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT Recitals by a University of Toledo undergraduate music major, by a UT alumnus, and by The University of Toledo Summer Orchestra will conclude the University's summer concert series. Heidi J. Wight, trombone, accompanied by Margaret Weber, piano, will perform at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, in the Recital Hall of the University's Center for Performing Arts. She will play J. I. Muller's "Praeludium, Choral Variations and Fugue," Sigismond Stojowski's "Fantasy," and Camille Saint Saens' "Cavatine." Mrs. Wight is a senior music major in the University's College of Education and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Laing, 1442 Eastland Dr., Oregon, O. She expects to receive her bachelor of education degree in music at the University's summer quarter commencement on Aug. 19. Anthony Pattin, a UT alumnus who also holds a master of music degree in piano from the University of Michigan, will give a recital of music by Mendelssohn, Proko- fiev and Chopin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, also in the Recital Hall of the Center for Performing Arts. He will play Mendelssohn's "Prelude and Fugue in E Minor" and "Variations Serieuses," Prokofiev's "Sonata in A Minor," and Chopin's "Barcaralle" (Opus 60) and "Scherzo in E Major" (Opus 54). The University of Toledo Summer Orchestra, Bernard Sanchez conducting, will offer a program of music by Rossini, Brahms, Vivaldi and Shostakovich at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the Student Union's Ingman Room. Alan Busteed, violin, and David Pankratz, guitar, will perform as guest soloists. The programs will include the overture to Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," Brahms' "Concerto for Violin and (over) -2- Orchestra" with Mr. Busteed, soloist, Vivaldi's "Concerto in D Major" with Mr. Pankratz, soloist, and Robert Ballinger conducting, and Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 12" (Opus 112). Mr. Busteed is a former University of Toledo music major who now attends the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Pankratz is a 1976 alumnus of The University of Toledo and guest conductor Ballinger also is a UT alumnus with a master of music degree from Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). All three musical events are free and open to the public. -30- 29 lines FROM: Public Information Office Marty Clark The University of Toledo (419) 537-2675 Toledo, Ohio 43606 August 5, 1977 FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT Some 671" University of Toledo students are candidates for graduate, law, baccalaureate and associate degrees to be conferred at the University's summer quarter commencement scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, in Centennial Hall. Dr. Richard D. Ruppert, who will become president of the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo on Oct. 1 and who currently is vice chancellor for health affairs of the Ohio Board of Regents, will deliver the commencement address. Charles Nichols (3704 Barcelona Dr.), who is retiring as professor in general education in the University Community and Technical College, will be named professor emeritus. Professor Nichols has been a member of the University faculty since 1963. He attended Cooper Union Institute of Technology in New York and holds bachelor's, master's and education specialist degrees from [yr. Dr. Glen R. Dris¢oll, president of The University of Toledo, will confer degrees. Among the candidates are 16 for the doctor of philosophy degree, 3 for doctor of edu- cation degree, 15 for law degrees, 16 for the degree of education specialist, 200 for master's degrees, 311 for bachelor's degrees and ii0 for associate degrees. Earlier on Friday, Aug. 19, two graduates also will receive commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army as the result of successful completion of the University's Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. Lt. Col. John A. Gumpf, pro- fessor and chairman of the department of military science, will present commissions to Nell Y. Kuhl (836 Carver Blvd.) and to Wayne L. Olsen (1025 Seventh St., Maumee, 0.), at 1 p.m. in the library-lounge of the ROTC Armory. At 4 p.m. in the Law Center auditorium, Mary K. Hamilton, a 1958 alumna of the College of Law and the newly-elected president of the Toledo Bar Association, will (over) -2- address the College of Law's pre-commencement convocation. Michael A. Graham is valedictorian and Karen I. Ellentuck is salutatorian of the law class. A reception for graduates, their families and guests will be held on the south patio of the Law Center immediately following the convocation. The University of Toledo holds four commencements each year, at the conclusion of the summer, fall, winter and spring quarters. (*=Total subject to change.) -30- 19 lÿnaa FROM: Public Information Office Betsy Morrow The University of Toledo (419) 537-2675 Toledo, Ohio 43606 August 8, 1977 FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT The University of Toledo has been awarded a $123,212 federal grant to provide instructional fee reimbursement payments to students currently employed in law enforcement and criminal justice fields, according to Georgia Daniel, assis- tant director of financial aid.