Intercom IPFW
Vol. 1, No. 17 May 22, 1981
Professional staff honored
Twenty-one administrators and professional staff were honored at a Tuesday Luncheon for years of service to IPFW. Receiving honors were - (left to right) back row, standing: David Brennan, ten years; Shmuel Ben Aharon Wahli, ten; Phillip Kennell, ten; and Chancellor Joseph P. Giusti, who spoke to the honorees; front row, Robert Barkhaus, ten; Dennis Osborn, ten; Phillip Grote, ten; Homer Whetstone, ten; Donald Katter, twenty; Edna Williams, 15; John Halbert, 15; Susanne Hiatt, ten; Ruth Harrod, ten; Delta Seely, 15; Linda Balthaser, ten; David Skelton, ten; Kenneth Balthaser, 15; Joan Eaton, ten; John Ulmer,15; Donna Middleton, ten; Marilyn Murphy, 15; and Karl Zimmerman, ten. More than 1,300 students were honored last week in traditional graduation ceremonies. On May 10, graduates of the associate degree nursing program were recognized (right). Photographs on page three highlight additional events.
Intercom IPFW
Vol. 1, No. 17 May 22, 1981
Intercom is a bi-weekly publication for the faculty and staff of Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne.
DONATES SCOREBOARD - Robert Iverson, right, president of Follett College Stores, recently presented Chancellor Joseph P. Giusti with a check for $6500 for a scoreboard for the new Athletic Center. Flying in from Chicago with Iverson for the special ceremony were Robert J.R. Follett, chairman of the board, Richard Litzsinger, president of Follett Corporation, and Anse Cates, North Central regional manager. Paul and Margaret Little, manager and office manager for the campus store, were also present.
Bright ideas achieve recognition
Sounding Board, a committee organized earlier this academic year to review suggestions, complaints or other problems related to the university, has presented three certificates of appreciation to individuals who this year had the best campus-improvement suggestions. Certificates were awarded by the chancellor last week to Lou M. Waldron, English department; Morris G. Hults, physics; and Clifford H. Scott, associate professor of history. Waldron’s suggestion for lane markings in the parking lots led to an increased awareness of traffic safety at IPFW and resulted in several traffic safety changes which are being implemented on campus. Hults received his certificate for suggestions which led to the correction of potential safety hazards, including a battery-operated emergency light for the Kettler switchboard area and a special stand to hold the microwave oven in Kettler’s snack area. The battery light has been provided through the help of the office of the vice chancellor for financial affairs and Don Katter. Hults also has suggested that a postage stamp vending machine be installed in Kettler and the possibilities are under investigation. Scott suggested that the campus needed left-handed desks and these are being purchased with the equipment needed for the opening of Building D. Sounding Board is a four-member committee composed of representatives from the student body, faculty, staff and administration. Members are Judith Clinton, assistant to the chancellor and director of internal affairs; Barbara Bulman, assistant professor of mathematics; Jane Strother, SPEA student; and Sergeant Steve Roby, university police and safety. Sounding Board came about as a result of a suggestion by the local American Association of University Professors (AAUP). That group had recommended that there be a constructive way to air suggestions and complaints to a group representative of all segments of the university community. Persons interested in submitting constructive suggestions to Sounding Board may do so by contacting any committee member. It is preferred that proposals be in writing, dated, with names and addresses included. Each person making a suggestion will receive a reply as to the feasibility of his or her suggestion. Sounding Board hopes that by soliciting suggestions and ideas from the university community, IPFW will be a better place to work and study.
IPFW TEAM - Participating in the Cleanspace cleanup project last Sunday from IPFW were: (left to right) Ron Diehl, student, kneeling; back row, standing: John Ulmer, Jerry Medley, Ann Merrill, Mary Brant and Mary Johnson.
Coufoudakis appointed director for Center for Global Studies
Evangelos (Van Coufoudakis, associate professor of political science, has been appointed director of the Center for Global Studies. "Professor Coufoudakis is well known as an innovator and expert in the area of international studies. I am quite pleased that his fine reputation helped bring this prestigious center to our campus for administration," said Joseph P. Giusti, chancellor. The Global Studies Center has the general mission of promoting interdisciplinary study of world issues. "All of us need to become more informed about global affairs," said Coufoudakis. "While we are training to be experts in particular areas we need to understand how the decisions made abroad affect us in our daily lives." The center's program is varied and changeable but is primarily concerned with curriculum development and in in community-campus discussions of major issues of world affairs. Coufoudakis explained that the center urges members of the university community to use its assistance in incorporating global perspectives into more specialized teaching areas. "On any campus, including ours, there is the tendency to teach in our specialized areas and ignore those of others. “We forget that we have others throughout the university - both in other disciplines and on other campuses - who specialize in areas we need to incorporate into what we are teaching," he said, adding that a class in U.S. history would find it profitable to be given an understanding of what was happening in Europe at the same time, or an art class might need an understanding of economics or business at a certain period. He also emphasized that the idea of global studies is broader than simply tapping academic resources. "We need to go out into the community and we need to bring business and community leaders to campus. All of us - faculty, students and business and community leaders - need to share our information, ideas and views." Coufoudakis explained that the center has three main objectives: 1) To strengthen undergraduate instruction by drawing attention to the importance of global studies, mobilizing talent and resources, encouraging the inclusion of global perspectives into core courses and establishing new courses, facilitating cross-disciplinary cooperation among faculty and acquiring library resources and other materials. 2) To strengthen graduate education in global studies at the master's level in the professional school of business, education and public and environmental affairs by developing new courses, conducting faculty development seminars, strengthening the education programs for multi-national firms, strengthening programs for training executives for international organizations and overseas offices of American agencies and creating case materials for existing core courses in management education that will add a global dimension. 3) To provide service to the state and region on behalf of global studies by delivering services to schools, building links to other colleges and universities in the state and region, holding conferences on global studies topics, establishing a speaker's bureau, preparing and distributing publications, and by providing consultant services to state departments of public instruction, business, labor churches, media, civic organizations, etc.
Safety system installed at fine arts building
Bids are being taken for a small remodeling project in the department of fine arts, said Don Katter, director of physical plant. A fire protection system, including smoke and heat detectors, sensors, buzzers, and exit signs will be installed to alert fine arts staff members and students of impending danger. “Our first priority is to save lives in case of a fire,” Katter said.
CLASS GIFT - The Graduating Class Council recently presented the senior class gift of $500 to the university for construction of a park where the TROMS currently stand. Receiving the check is Chancellor Joseph P. Giusti, left. Students Brian Reifsnyder and Pat Schoerede represent the Council with John Hobson (right) from the alumni office.
Shin advocates campus/community involvement
Focus on faculty
"Rather than be armchair scholars, I believe we at SPEA should be in the forefront of delivering technical knowledge," said Roy Shin, chairman, school of public and environmental affairs. Shin, as director of IPFW's systemwide School of Public and Environmental Affairs, explained that responsible public service and a cooperative effort between the university and the community is the goal of SPEA. The Indiana University program was founded at the main campus a decade ago, on this campus in 1974, and ranks as the fourth best public affairs program in the nation today. "Our program is constantly evolving. We're always looking for a way to serve society and learning to face the future,” he said. The SPEA program itself trains students to serve in the public sector, in a variety of concentrations: public management, urban management, criminal justice, public affairs and human services. There are about 150 SPEA students on our campus, both in graduate and undergraduate programs. To facilitate the goals of public service, SPEA students work in the community, doing such things as helping small towns with fiscal management. "We're very action-oriented," explained Shin. "We try to be more than just Mr. Fixit, though. Our eventual goal is to be thought of as a 'tomorrow' school, a think tank with concepts and ideas just a bit ahead of the times."
Born in Korea
Shin was born in Korea and came to the United States in 1954 to study at a Presbyterian college in St. Paul, Minn. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Macalester College, and a master of arts and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He came to Fort Wayne from the University of Maine where he was department chairman of political science from 1969 through 1977. Currently he teaches organizational behavior and quantitative analysis. Shin is a member of the standards committee of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, a member of the American Society for Public Administration, and chairman of the governing board of the local Urban Observatory. He and his wife, Nancy, a GTE manager, have two children, Leslie, eight, and Evan, seven. "Focus on Faculty" is a regular Intercom feature and appears in each issue. Roy Shin
High school proms in ballroom
More than 4,000 area high school students celebrated their prom night on the IPFW campus this month. The Walb Memorial Union served as the dancing part of this special evening for students from Harding, West Noble, New Haven, Snider, South Side, North Side, and Northrop high schools recently. Mary Brant, student union building coordinator and director of activities, explains why high school students have their proms away from their schools. "Students probably wouldn't go to their proms if they had them on their own gym floors," she stated. "It's a treat for them to come to our campus." University restrictions do not allow for outrageous decorations such as water fountains or revolving lights, but students used their creativity with crepe paper and flowers, Brant explained. The IPFW part of the evening is the formal dance, and high school students really dress the part. "I like to think of the proms as a pleasant introduction to the university," stated Brant, adding that such introductions are good recruiting devices.
Smith operates behind scenes “to make people happy”
Spotlight on staff
Ezel Smith, building services, operates behind-the-scenes each day, trying to "do a good job to make people happy." Smith is responsible for the maintenance of various areas of Kettler Hall, including the chancellor's and vice chancellors' areas, admissions, university relations, and the IU Credit Union. Smith has been with Purdue University for nearly 31 years and began her employment at the old Jefferson and Barr streets facility on June 14, 1950. When Purdue joined Indiana University in a regional campus effort, Smith moved with the school to her current job in Kettler. Three decades of observing students has given Smith a unique perspective. "The students' clothes have changed a lot. Most of them wear jeans and tops now, instead of fancier clothes," she said. Although Smith doesn't know most students by name anymore, she recognizes and speaks to many. "I speak to practically everybody," she said. Although she asserts "this is a pretty good place to work," that pronouncement has been shaky on three separate, but similar, occasions when she was an unlucky victim stuck in Kettler's formerly rambunctious elevator. "People had to open the door between floors and pull me up each time," she explained. The only other major catastrophe Smith has encountered on the job was the day her sweeper bag blew up in the faculty lounge. A virtual dust storm required Smith to redo her dusting of the lounge and regain her composure.
Southside resident
Smith lives on the southside of the city with her mother. She has two sons and four grandchildren. One of her grandsons, Timothy Smith, is an IPFW freshman. Her son, Marvin J. Smith, is a nightclub entertainer in Las Vegas, performing under the stage name of Sweet Louie. Smith enjoys sports, especially baseball, basketball, and football. "Spotlight on Staff" is a regular Intercom feature and appears in each issue. Ezel Smith
IPFW INTERCOM
Vol. 1, No. 17 U.R.-5-81-40 May 22, 1981
Intercom is published by the Office of University Relations and Development, Room 102, Kettler Hall, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW), 2101 Coliseum Boulevard East, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805. Used as a means of internal communication for faculty and staff, Intercom is distributed twice monthly. Intercom is affiliated with the Fort Wayne chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.
Director: Jerry Morgan Medley
Executive Editor: Ann Mauger Colbert
Editor: Amy L. McVay
Calendar: Lorane Hamblin
Photographs: Learning Resource Center
Lee published in photo journal
Around IPFW
Stanley Lee, assistant professor of fine arts, recently published an article entitled Carbon Printing in the February 1981 issue of the Journal of the Photographic Society of America.
Gregory Washington, assistant professor of philosophy, chaired a session on Reason and Religion at the 55th annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, at Portland, Ore., March 26 through 28. Henry Bergson's Theory: An Alternative Account of Central Problems and Solutions of the Modern Era was the topic of a paper presented by Washington at the conference of Phenomenology and Understanding of Human Destiny at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., April 2 through 4. Washington also chaired a session at the Society for Social and Political Philosophy of Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo., April 10 and 11.
Bette Worley, director of Weekend College and executive director of the National Student Exchange, was recently interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education regarding the National Student Exchange program. She also recently conducted a conference for NSE coordinators and reports that representatives from 54 schools placed more than 1,900 students for the 1981-82 school year.
Gerald L. Houseman, associate professor of political science, recently wrote an article which was published in the winter 1981 issue of the Urban and Social Change Review. The topic of his work was Access of Minorities to the Suburbs: An Inventory of Policy Approaches.
Rosemary Monehen, assistant professor of dental auxiliary education, has been elected president-elect of the Indiana Dental Assistants Association. The IDAA held its annual convention in early May.
Christine Seiler, assistant professor of German, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study in a summer seminar at Cornell University.
Richard C. Hess, assistant professor of communication, is currently the president-elect of the American Association of University Professors, Indiana Conference, and will assume the job of president in September.
Michael O'Hear, director of transitional studies, presented a paper entitled Draining the Swamp in Spite of the Alligators, at the fourteenth annual conference of the Western College Reading Association in Dallas.
Jerry Morgan Medley, director of university relations and development, was interviewed recently by Steve Shine of WFFT-TV. They talked about IPFW's academic programs and facilities.
Graduation Grandeur
The 1980-81 school year finished with a flourish last week as a number of activities signaled the end of the regular second semester. More than 100 graduates of the dental assisting program and the associate degree nursing program were honored in separate ceremonies on May 10. The big night of the year was May 13 as commencement exercises at the Memorial Coliseum honored more than 1,300 students in the traditional ceremony. A number of dignitaries from other campuses participated, including John W. Ryan, president, Indiana University, and Arthur G. Hansen, president, Purdue University, who gave charges to the IPFW class of 1981.
The Grand Marshall begins.
Commencement Chair Gibbons watches.
A helping hand before the march.
Arts and Letters procession follows solemnly.
Chancellor at dental assisting ceremony.
Graduates, family, friends fill Coliseum.
Nursing grads at pinning ceremony.
June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Walb hours - 7 a.m.- 5 p.m., M-F, June 1-Aug. 23; Neff hours - 7 a.m.-11 p.m., M-F, June 1 - Aug. 9; Kettler hours- 7 a.m.-11 p.m., M-F, Sat. 7 a.m.- 8 p.m., June 1 - Aug. 9.
2 Helmke Library open thru August 11, M-F, 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Fri., 8 p.m. - 5 p.m., closed weekends.
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4 Math & English Placement tests, Walb Ballroom, 5:30 p.m.
5 PIT Second Annual Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival through August 2, Two Gentlemen of Verona, PIT, 8 p.m.; last day to withdraw from classes; Barbara Nichols, Nursing in the 80s, 7:30 p.m.
6 Nursing Alumni Breakfast, (The Fort), 9 a.m. coffee & registration, 10 a.m. breakfast, call 5343 for reservations; PIT, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 8 p.m.; Math & English Placement tests, Walb Ballroom, 8:30 a.m.
7 PIT Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2 p.m. matinee
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11 PIT, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 8 p.m.
12 IU Alumni Association Conference; PIT, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 8 p.m.
13 IU Alumni Association Conference; PIT Two Gentlemen of Verona, 8 p.m.
14 PIT, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2 p.m.
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16 Women’s Studies, Struggling to Be a Healthy Woman in a Sexist Society, Walb, 226, 7:30 p.m.
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19 Labor Studies, Labor Faces the 1980’s, 8:30-5 p.m.
20 Labor Studies, Labor Faces the 1980’s, 8:30-5 p.m.
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22 Last week of classes and final exams.
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24 Registration for Summer Session 2.
25 Registration for Summer Session 2, payment deadline.
26 Classes end for Summer Session I, PIT, A Life in the Theatre, 8 p.m.
27 PIT, A Life in the Theatre, 8 p.m.; Math & English Placement tests, Walb Ballroom, 8:30 a.m.
28 PIT, A Life in the Theatre, 2 p.m.
29 Classes begin for Summer Session 2; late registration/drop-add thru July 3.
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