Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 1993 UA11/1 On Campus, Vol. 3, No. 10 WKU University Relations Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, and the Social Influence and Political Communication Commons Recommended Citation WKU University Relations, "UA11/1 On Campus, Vol. 3, No. 10" (1993). WKU Archives Records. Paper 4335. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/4335 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Vol. 3 No. 10 • 0 nentation. pubr . ew Faculty and Staff • ill SI)I~(~Ijlt ISSIJI~ WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY \{(STERN • o On Campus is publish ed imlearn about serVICes. available . school year and monthl ev~ry other Wednesda du' portant dates to rem ' commg events and . It contains news and r. dunng the summer for ~K nng the regular aliso, to be given to vis.;mber. Departments have ;lVe you a record of purpose is to serve ature Items about WKU U faculty and staff ater In 1993-94 I ors or new facult d een sent copies Th f you as an . t and you d . O. yan staff wh ere cee pleas d m ernal commu·· ' an our sole . n Campus is ubI" 0 may join us or if you ha~e a ,e 0 not hesitate to let us k meatIon vehicle. ' n 1 em you th' k now of yo . Items. to Sheila E~ISon lShed Ed"t by the Office of U mvers't. R rea mg about let ut k In your colleagu ur achIevements lions: or call 4295. ' lor, On Campus, Office I y . elations. Send Thisd special 'issue 'wen~:. es would be interested i~ ThlS is your of Umverslty Rela pe wIll help you "d"lSeover WKU ,"h e Ip you newspap er. H ave a great year and let us hear fr om you!- On Campus Western Kentucky University Special Issue 1993-94 You, too, could be a winner! .---------~ Dr. Raymond Mendel, DL Cheryl Keyes, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dr, Wei-Ping Pan, Dr, Sallye Russell Clark, Professor, Folk Studies, Faculty Representative, Professor of Chemistry, Professor, Textiles Ford Foundation WKU Board of Regents Ward Sumpter Professor and Clothing, Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Mendel is in his second of a of Chemistry University Faculty Library three-year term as WKU's elected Minorities, 1992-93 faculty representative on the Award for 1992 University's Board of Regents. Dr. Keyes spent the last school He was chosen by his peers, a At the sixth annual reception The native of London, England, year as a visiting scholar at New highest honor, to receive research honoring all WKU faculty and has been a member of WKU's York University. The author of the money in the name of a fonner WKU professor to further his staff who published in 1992, she faculty since 1972. first ?octoral dissertation on rap was Singled out to receive the His degrees include a bachelor's musfc assessed the genre over the research in coal chemistry. degree from Grinnell COllege and Dr. Pan, WKU's 1991 top re­ award from University Libraries 20-year period, 1972-1992. because she has "contributed a master's degree and Ph.D. Dr. Keyes is quickly becoming searcher, had testimony of stu­ degree from Iowa State Univer­ dents and peers all across the consistently and notably to the well~known for her study of rap use and development of WKU sity. music. country who have established him His memberships have included as a highly effective teacher as Libraries," said Libraries' Dean The native of Baton Rouge, La., Michael Binder. Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi. He teaches African-American folk well. has previously served as a gradu­ He's been a member of WKU's Dr. Clark specializes in history studies and American traditional of clothing, textile conservation ate research assistant in Iowa song as her specialties. faculty since 1986, bringing the State's Psychology Department. University acclaim for his and display and merchandise widely published research on display and promotion, and both various aspects of the!"ffial analysis her professional and personal and coal combustion. Ii ves focus upon the Kentucky He has involved dozens of both Museum and campus libraries. The Center for graduate and undergraduate She's been a guest curator for Teaching and students in his research. two costume exhibits, faculty consultant for a third, and she is Leaming currently assisting in research and development of a fourth exhibit at The Center for Teaching . ­ Greetings from the Kentucky Museum. Learning is a resource for full 'and the President She is widely known as a part-time faculty and graduate consultant in her field. and teaching assistants. Welcome to Western Kentucky Coordinated by Dr. Ed Counts, University! the Center is a place where one We are excited that you are 'BragSheef can try out promising strategies becoming a part of the Western WKU's President, Or. Thomas C. and innovative techniques, par­ 4295 family. Meredith keeps an ongoing Brag ticularly in technology. 249] ~: We are confident that you will be ;{ Sheet, a listing of recent accomplish For example, the Center regu­ successful at this University and larly offers workshops that in­ that your success will be mutually ments of WKU's faculty and staff, 2497 to take with him when he makes volve desktop publishing tech­ beneficial to you and to us. niques and use of state-of-the-art It is our intent to support and speeches about the good things that foster your talent to enable you to are happening at Western. equipment. enjoy a long stay on The Hill. The Brag Sheet also goes 10 Workshops on sharing teaching Welcomer P l ~ase let us know numerous constituents of WKU, so strategies and exploring educa­ what we can do to be of assistance keep yourdepartmenl head in­ tional goals also have been of­ to you. formed of your achievements and fered. help keep WKU in the spotlight. The Center is on the Mezzanine ~,,~ level of the Cravens Center. 2 On Campus Western Kentucky University Special Issue 1993-94 Meet 1992-93's faculty award winners! Each year, during Commence­ ment Exercises, Western Ken­ tucky University honors three faculty members who have achieved excellence in teaching, public service and research andl or creativity. Each receives a silver bowl and a cash award for $5011 Meet your top faculty for 1992- 93. They are: Dr. Joseph Bilotta, assistant professor of psychology, Distinguished Award for Teaching "We as educators can literally change the course of a student's life;' says Joe Bilotta whose in­ structors in school "were respon­ sible for igniting the spark in me," he says. This year's top teacher at WKU says he can identify with many Western students, particularly those who aTe first generation college graduates, because he himself was a first generation college grad. Left to right: Dr . Joseph BilaUll, AwaTd for Teaching; DT. NaN.CY MiN.ix, Award for Public Service aM Dr. MarioN. Lucas, Award for Resetlrch . "I always have believed that the -Bob Skipper goal of teaching is to help students reach their potential," he says. included work with publiC Bilotta is currently researching in article, some popular, encyclope­ His History of Blacks in Ken· schools, providing in-service for the area of physiology of the visual dia entries and a variety of writ­ tucky. Vol. 1 From Slavery to teachers and being heavily in­ system, using goldfish, a well­ ings in his repertOire of research. Segregation. 1760-1891, was pub­ volved in curriculum develop­ established model for vision He currently is working on a lished in 1992, funded by the ment and interdisciplinary pro­ studies. biography of John G. Fee, founder Kentucky General Assembly as the grams of studies for students. He's working on obtaining grant of Berea COllege in Berea, Ky. first of a two-volume study of the Post-graduate work at Johns funds to continue his research. "Or. Lucas is not only a fine black experience in Kentucky. Hopkins University enhanced her He's been a member of Western's researcher, but he is also an work on research-based teaching psychology faculty since 1991. excellent teacher," said Vice Dr. Nancy Minix, strategies and cooperative learn­ He has 13 years of college teach­ President for Academic Affairs ing, and she has been actively ing experience. Robert Haynes, as he presented Associate Professor, involved in promoting the Ken­ Lucas with his award. Teacher Education, tucky Education Reform Act. Dr. Marion B. Lucas, Lucas's first book, Sherman and "I really take my teaching seri­ the Burning of Columbia, was Distinguished Award ously;' she says, and she has a Professor of History, published in 1976 by Texas A & M for Public Service reputation for mentoring for Distinguished Award Press. countless numbers of students. In the book, Lucas demonstrates A family tragedy spurred her for Research that the fires which destroyed Nancy Minix is a specialist in interest in working in drug and much of the city in 1864 were the middle level education with an alcohol prevention, and she has His article in the October Filson result of blunders which could be emphasis in mathematics. worked extensively in this area Club History Quarterly in 1989 attributed to both sides. She has been continuously with the U.S.