Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship GSU Landscapes University Newsletters 6-4-1982 GSU Landscapes, 1982-06-04 Office ofni U versity Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://opus.govst.edu/gsu_landscapes Recommended Citation Governors State University Office of University Relations, GSU Landscapes (1982, June 4). http://opus.govst.edu/gsu_landscapes/ 24 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Newsletters at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in GSU Landscapes by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Volume 1, No. 25 GSU L�NDSC�PES June 4, 1982 A Publication of the Office of University Relations, Governors State University, Park Forest South, IL 60466 Noted Doctor, Lawyer to Receive Honorary Degrees at GSU Commencement The Honorable Sol M. Linowltz, for­ merly personal representative of the President and ambassador for Middle East Peace Negotiations, and Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, of Harvard Medical School, one of the nation's most promi­ nent black doctors, will receive honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees at the Twelfth Annual Com­ mencement of GSU at 2:00p.m. on Saturdy and Sunday, June 5-6, accor­ ding to Dr. Leo Goodman-Malamuth, president. During the two-day exercises more than 900bachelor's and master's degrees will be conferred upon students who have completed their work since June, 1981. Linowitz will be honored at the Satur­ Sol M. Lfnowitz Alvin F. Poussaint day ceremony, when graduates of the eludes his term as ambassador to the at Cornell Law School. He has been HLD, BOG and UWW programs will Organization of American States and recognized for his achievements with receive their degrees. Poussaint will be U.S. representative to the Inter­ honorary degrees from 31 colleges and honored Sunday along with graduates American Committee of the Alliance of BP A, CAS and SHP. universities from coast to coast. for Progress. Poussaint has served Harvard Medical Linowitz, currently senior partner of the He was with Xerox Corporation from School since 1969 as associate pro­ international law firm of Coudert 1955-1966,ultimately serving as chair­ fessor of psychiatry. Since 1978, he Brothers, has had a distinguished man of the board. Among many posi­ career in government, public service has been associate dean for student and industry since 194 2. In 1978-80, he tions he has held in the private sector affairs, associate in psychiatry at is the office of vice chairman, John F. Judge Baker Guidance Center, and was chairman of the Presidential Com­ Kennedy Center for the Performing mission on World Hunger. Prior to that, associate professor of psychiatry at Arts in 1965-70. he was co-negotiator, with the rank of Children's Hospital Medical Center, ambassador, of the Panama Canal Linowitz earned the A.B. degree at both in Boston. He also served on the Treaties. His government service in- Hamilton College and the J.D. degree (continued) 2/GSU LANDSCAPES Commencement Cornesky to Leave GSU for Post (continued) faculty of Tufts University Medical at Texas Tech School from 1965-69, and was southern Dr. Robert A. Cornesky, for the past six field director, Medical Committee for years director of the School of Health Human Rights in Jackson, Miss. Professions at Governors State Univer­ He is a member of the board of sity, has been appointed dean of the trustees for both the National Associa­ new School of Allied Health at Texas tion of Afro-American Artists and Tech University Health Sciences Operation PUSH. He Is health consul­ Center, Lubbock, Texas. tant to the Congressional Black In his new post, effective July 1, Cor­ Caucus, a member of the National nesky will be responsible for the health Medical Association and the Medical science programs at regional cam­ Committee for Human Rights. puses in Amarillo, Odessa and El Paso Poussaint, as a practicing psychiatrist in addition to the main campus in Lub­ and an Instructor, has concentrated on bock. the special problems, psychological During his tenure at GSU, Cornesky and emotional, of black Americans. has achieved accreditation for many of Through his memberships in black In­ the programs in the School of Health terest organizations and in national Professions. Most recently, the Univer­ professional societies, he has fought sity's Bachelor of Science in Nursing to make Inexpensive, effective program gained accreditation from the psychiatric help available to the poor. Robert A. Cornesky National League for Nursing. He Is the co-author of a book entitled Bionetlcs Research Laboratories, Inc., Prior to joining Governors State in late Black Child Care, and has had many Falls Church, Va. 1976, Cornesky served as chairman of articles published In academic and pro­ the Department of Health Sciences of Cornesky earned the B.S. degree at fessional periodicals. California State College, Bakersfield, Geneva College, the M.S. degree in Pousslant earned the B.A. at Columbia for four years and assistant professor microbiology at George Washington College, the M.D. at Cornell University of biological sciences at Carnegie­ University Medical School, and the Medical College and the M.S. at the Mellon University for five years. He Sc.D. In hygiene and microbiology at University of California at Los Angeles. previously was chief clinical serologist the Graduate School of Public Health, he has been honored numerous times and assistant lmmunochemlst for University of Pittsburgh. for his academic achievements and his contributions to human and civil rights. Two from GSU Honored for Exceptional Bravery Photography, 011 Paintings on VIew In GSU Galleries Two graduate students In the College of Arts and Sciences have placed their final projects on view in the art galleries of Governors State University for the entire month of June. Leon Savage, of Kankakee, will present a one-man show of oil paintings In the Visual Arts Gallery under the title "Op­ pression and Struggle: An African, Afro-American and Third World Portrait." Gallery is open to the public admission free noon to 4:00 p.m. Mon­ day through Thursday. Dan Krupa, Chicago, Is displaying Margo Ellman and Cpl. Craig Martin of Governors State University hold plaques given them photographs of color abstractions by the University Department of Safety for valor above and beyond the call of duty In under the title "Halter Skelter" In the separate incidents at GSU during 1981. Infinity Gallery. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays. There is no A UNIVERSITY RELATIONS PUBLICATION charge. There's a proud modesty in merit; averse Director, University Relations: William H. Dodd Visual Arts Gallery is on the first floor from asking, and resolved to pay ten times Director, University Publications: Joan B. Lewis the gift it asks. and Infinity Gallery Is on the second Editor, Landscapes: Betty A. Kott floor, both in CAS in B Wing. ... John Dryden GSU LANDSCAPES/3 Siskel and Ebert at GSU This Month A lecture presentation by the pair of movie critics who have made the "Sneak Previews" TV show a must-see for many viewers nationwide will be the June Student Activities sponsored event. Gene Siskel and Roger Egert will appear In the GSU Theatre at 7:30 p.m. June 25. Gene Slskel has been the Chicago Tribune's film critic since June 1970. From 1974 he has also served as critic for WBBM-TV and currently reviews the movie scene on the Channel 2 news. Roger Ebert has written film commen­ tary for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967 and Is the only motion picture critic ever to have won the Pulitzer Prize (1975). Ebert writes five or six times a week for the Sun-Times and his reviews, Interviews and feature stories are distributed to more than 100other newspapers. Slskel and Ebert have co-hosted and viewing public. The program Is pro­ $3.00. GSU staff, faculty, alumni and co-written the weekly film review pro­ duced by Chicago PBS-TV station senior citizens with valid IDs are $2.00; gram "Sneak Previews" since 1976. WTTW and now appears on some 240 children under 12 years old are $1.00; Their often conflicting verdicts on new other stations. The program won a and GSU students with valid IDs are films and their lively and urbane com­ Chicago Emmy award In 1979. admitted free. mentaries on the state of the art are responsible for the expansion of their General admission for the lecture Is Trouble Talking with Kids For registration and other Information, contact Sharon Green In the Office of SHP Students Assist In About Alcoholism? Special Programs, extension 21 21. Blood Pressure Learn How at GSU Screening Seminar H-F High School Seven BSN students enrolled in the Community Health Nursing classes of "How to Talk with Children about Senior Wins Linda Ziemann and Constance Ed­ Drinking," an Intensive day-and-a-half wards of the SHP faculty participated seminar at GSU on June 17-18, Is of­ Economic Essay In vision and blood pressure screening fered for parents, teachers, counselors, of Eastern Will County senior citizens clergy and others who are seeking new Contest recently. approaches to this delicate situation. Urging that "as citizens we must keep The students received a special thank Participants will learn how to cope our eyes on the long-term goals of you via a letter In the "Senior Corner" with anger; how to get children to Reaganomics and give It a chance to of the Russel Publications newspaper listen; what a parent can do to resolve work." Homewood-Flossmoor High from a grateful senior who praised the conflicts; and how to be a consultant School senior Sue Hruska has won "..