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Vol. 5 No. 3 Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne November 1984
BANNERS AND PLANTS FLANKED THE STAGE for the Honors Convocation last month. In the bottom left photo, Acting Chancellor Edward A. Nicholson greets William G. Frederick, who received the Amoco Outstanding Teacher Award. At bottom right is alumnus Charles Conville who spoke on "Mixing Common Sense with That Great Education."
FOCUS ON FACULTY William G. Frederick and Fred F. Jehle
Learning has immediacy and "media-cy," too, in the classrooms of two IPFW professors who received outstanding-teacher awards at the Honors Convocation last month. Fred F. Jehle's subject is Spanish, and William G. Frederick's is mathematics but for both, the object of interest is the student. Jehle was honored by the Friends of the University, and Frederick, by the Amoco Foundation. Their introductions contained echoes of numerous student and peer evaluations. Jehle was described as a "powerful stimulus for students to learn through his classes because of his tremendous exuberance for his subject." Frederick was introduced as a "sensitive, effective, and dynamic teacher … qualified to teach virtually every undergraduate course offering in the department of mathematical sciences, as well as introductory computer science." A self-taught computer expert, Frederick counts as one of his most gratifying experiences the presenting of an impromptu faculty seminar on programming in BASIC. His seminar had impact on many departments; one of those attending was Jehle who has since written numerous software programs to help students learn the Spanish language and culture-programs that have been adopted for students of German and French as well. Jehle, who directs the language laboratory, has written successful proposals for audio equipment and supplies to improve the quality of the lab's instructional materials. He was co-author of a successful grant proposal enabling the department of modern foreign languages to acquire five computer terminals and one printer. In modern foreign languages, Jehle has been involved in a program whereby a "song of the week" is recorded in German, French, and Spanish, with copies of the lyrics and an English translation available. He also wrote a computer program to make available to students a free, monthly tri-lingual calendar. Innovative in the development of curricula and instructional materials, Frederick has resurrected and redesigned "Topics in Computer Science for Teachers" and has similarly revitalized another course, "Computers and Society." One of his most interesting assignments was given to a "Computers and Society" student: Told Frederick's social security number, the student was directed to find out as much as he could about his prof. The results, says Frederick, were "phenomenal." One of his most interesting classes was a group of 13 retirees, ranging in age from 30 to 70, living at Towne House, to whom he presented a series of six talks on a gamut of computer age issues. Frederick is applying the benefits of computer science to his research results in mathematical cryptography. He has written several guides for computer languages; and, with Maynard Mansfield, he has developed a user-friendly interface for the statistical package for the social sciences on the VAX 11/80 used by classes in many departments and a system shell that allows inexperienced users to develop Pascal programs without having to learn the VAX/VMS system language. The Faculty Senate and Intercampus Faculty Council represent other dimensions of Frederick's service to IPFW. Beginning as sergeant-at-arms of the Purdue Senate, he became chair of the agenda committee in the new combined Faculty Senate and continued as senator through 1984. He has served two terms on the intercampus council, and he is currently a member of the Vice Chancellor's Faculty Computer Literacy Committee. Jehle and Frederick are the latest entries on the lists of outstanding teachers. Previous winners of the Friends of the University award are Richard V. Wall, French, 1979; Joseph M. Chandler, supervision, 1980; Rudy Svoboda, mathematics, 1981; Robert A. Barrett, computer technology, 1982; and Richard A. Pacer, chemistry, 1983. Previous Amoco award winners are Svoboda, 1981; Elvis Holt, biology, 1982; and Pacer, 1983.
Conferees discuss how foreign policy affects campaigns
A day-long conference on "Foreign Policy and the Presidential Campaign" on Oct. 20 drew about 50 people to the IPFW campus, said Van Coufoudakis, associate professor of political science and director of the Indiana University Center for Global Studies, which is based at IPFW. "The whole idea of having the conference is to look at how foreign policy has affected presidential campaigns in the past, as well as in 1984," Coufoudakis said. That sense of perspective was given by John Lovell, professor of political science at Indiana University Bloomington, who was the keynote speaker. Following Lovell's address, Margaret Joseph, news and public affairs director for WFIU-FM in Bloomington, and Larry J. Hayes, opinion page editor for The Journal-Gazelle, discussed "Media, Foreign Policy, and the Presidential Campaign." Some of the issues they raised included the role of the media in defining foreign-policy issues and how news media treat these issues during presidential campaigns. A panel of experts during the afternoon session discussed specific issues and "hot-spots" around the globe. These speakers included Julius Smulkstys, chair of arts and letters, on U.S.-Soviet relations; Roger Hamburg, professor of political science at IU South Bend, on arms control and the third world; Victor Wallis, of the IUPUI political science department, on Central America; and Coufoudakis on the Middle East.
Tradition sparks Dickens Dinners
Continuing a tradition started in 1968 when Andrew Harper, Jr., then chair of the division of music and director of the University Singers, experimented with a "Dickens Dinner" theme at the Fort Wayne Women's Club, the 17th annual Dickens Dinner will feature strolling singers, accompanied by minstrel guitars, serenading guests in Walb Memorial Union Dec. 6, 7, and 8. Presented by the IPFW division of music, the evening will begin with the traditional Wassail Bowl at 7 p.m., followed by a traditional English holiday dinner at 7:30 p.m. The dinner will include top round of roast beef, roasted potatoes, carrots, marinated vegetables, Waldorf salad, dinner rolls, and lemon trifle. Larry Bowers, staff announcer for WKJG-TV, Channel 33, will be the host for the main program, which will include a varied musical program performed by music division's choral ensembles. More musical entertainment will be included in this program, according to John Roberts, chair of the division of music. Masson L. Robertson, associate professor of music, will close the program with piano renditions of popular holiday songs. The Dickens Dinner is a primary source of scholarship money for the division of music. To make reservations, call the division of music at 482-5746.
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Forensics team aims at national recognition
"There's no reason why we can't be one of the top colleges in the nation in forensics," said Gregg Reed, a senior music major, boasting a bit about IPFW's success in forensics competition. The Indiana Purdue Forensics League, according to Robert Adams, assistant professor in the department of communication and theatre, is a co-curricular speech program in which students study, develop, and apply their skills in oral expression. Reed is among about 20 IPFW students who regularly participate in speech tournaments. Ten events are involved in each competition. There are four interpretive events-reading of prose, poetry, dramatic (excerpts of plays), and duo (in which two performers read play excerpts). The speech events involve impromptu, extemporaneous, informative, persuasive, after-dinner, and humorous speeches, and rhetorical criticism. Adams said each student typically participates in two-to-five events at each speech tournament. Not only are more students participating in speech events-1983-1984 saw an increase in participation of 20 per cent compared to the previous academic year-but entrants from IPFW are coming home as winners. Last year, Tamara Dixie placed first at the Indiana State Individual Events Tournament in persuasive speaking. Regionally, Brad Miller placed first at the American Forensics Association (AFA) District V Tournament in extemporaneous speaking, and Tim Lake placed first in poetry interpretation. Lake also received regional recognition in dramatic interpretation by qualifying at-large for the AFA national tournament. At the national event, Lake and Reed just missed receiving recognition. Reed placed in the quarter-finals in prose interpretation, finishing in the top 24 (or 7 per cent) of 324 entries. Lake placed in the semi-finals in poetry interpretation, finishing in the top 12 (or 4 per cent) of 278 entries. In 1983-1984, IPFW consistently placed in the top third in regional events and placed in the top 31 per cent at the national contest. "IPFW's team gets a chance to encounter national-caliber competition," Adams said, observing that many of the colleges with top forensics teams offer their students scholarships.
GREGG LAKE PRACTICES ONE OF HIS PRESENTATIONS for his peers in the Indiana Purdue Forensics League. Coach Robert Adams is at the upper right.
CHANCELLOR'S MESSAGE of 20 years of dedication
On a November Sunday afternoon 20 years ago, the campus we know today as Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne was formally dedicated. It was a campus of a single building (now Kettler) and 216 acres of land. To its doors that fall had come more than 3000 students. Still getting settled into offices and classrooms were staff and faculty of the two state universities which had previously offered separate "extension" programs downtown. Its prospects were promising, but it gave little hint of the campus we know today comprising seven handsome buildings on grounds of 420 acres and enrolling more than 10,000 students during the academic year. Together on the platform that day were key figures from Indiana University and Purdue University. They spoke of the historic nature of the new cooperative enterprise and endowed the new campus with ready-made histories of educational excellence - IU's stemming from the very first days of Indiana statehood and Purdue's, from the passage of the Morrill Act enabling land-grant colleges. To keynoter John S. Hastings, a U.S. Appellate Court Judge and former president of the IU Board of Trustees, the campus represented a "merger of dedicated purposes by our universities, in which community interest and responsibility have become a vital part." He concluded: "Our universities, in working together, can provide the broadest possible educational opportunities to our citizens. Our universities have the human resources capable of providing the vision and leadership necessary to meet their complete responsibilities. That which we celebrate here today is only a small beginning of what we may look forward to tomorrow." Today is the tomorrow of Judge Hastings' prophesy, and IPFW has contributed in countless ways to the Indiana and Purdue traditions of teaching, research, and public service it inherited 20 years ago. From the campus have gone forth more than 17,000 alumni to take their places in the business and professional worlds. And since the very first days of "small beginnings," IPFW students have appreciated the luster that attaches to their IU and Purdue degrees. It was indeed a pleasure at the Honors Convocation last month to hear this testimony from alumnus Charles Conville, president of Mutual Home Federal Savings and Loan Association in Grand Rapids, Mich.: "I can honestly say, without hesitation, that the more I travel and the more people I meet, the prouder I become of my background. My educational experiences at IU have certainly prepared me well for everything that I am doing today. I think that when you graduate from this school, you should walk out with your head high knowing that you have a top-quality education." Conville was a member of IPFW's first graduating class in 1968 when 14 master's degrees, 104 bachelor's degrees, and 147 associate degrees were conferred. About 43 bachelor's degree programs were offered on the campus at the time. The alma mater he knew is vastly altered; students today have choices of more than 100 degree programs, but growth has brought no sacrifice of academic quality. Growth has brought IPFW institutes of considerable importance to the community, library and other resources of significant scope, and talented faculty who devote many hours to community service programs. With such history behind us, we look forward to tomorrow with the same optimism Judge Hastings expressed 20 years ago. Edward A. Nicholson Acting Chancellor
Intercom is published monthly by IPFW Community Relations, Kettler Hall 111, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW), 2101 Coliseum Boulevard East, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805.
AROUND IPFW
G. Allen Pugh, assistant professor and acting chair of the department of engineering, spoke at an Oct. 24 meeting of the Fort Wayne chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Robotics International. "Introduction to Manufacturing Simulation" was his topic. "Using Pascal in Teaching Structured Program Design" is the title of a talk James L. Silver, assistant professor of computer technology, gave at an Indianapolis meeting of the Indiana Computer Educators on Oct. 5-6. Shirley R. Rickert, assistant professor of supervision, will give a paper at a conference entitled "The Woman Researcher: Issues, Problems, and Opportunities" at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo Nov. 9. Her paper, "Ethical Behavior in the Workplace," is based on extended interviews with 223 people. John R. Carnaghi, vice chancellor for financial affairs, will chair a professional development workshop sponsored by the Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO) in St. Louis, next February. Carnaghi attended the CACUBO annual meeting in Des Moines, Oct. 10-11, and, in a drawing, won for IPFW an Apple Macintosh personal computer. Maurice Shady, chief of IPFW university police, was elected vice president of Indiana Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators during an Oct. 12 meeting at IUPUI. Jeanette R. Clausen, chair of modern foreign languages and assistant professor of German, William H. Klemme, assistant professor of Spanish, Katherine Kulick, visiting lecturer in French, and Mary Ellen McGoey, assistant professor of French, were accepted as participants in the Illinois Oral Proficiency Workshop, Oct. 24-28, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. The workshop provided intensive training in oral proficiency testing in French, German, and Spanish; it was funded by a federal grant, equivalent to a tuition subsidy of approximately $1,000 per person. At the National Organization of Human Service Educators' annual meeting in Boston Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, Robert W. Hawley, associate professor of mental health technology, gave a paper, "Family Psychodynamics: A Salute to Nathan Ackerman, M.D." Warren W. Worthley, dean of Engineering, Technology, and Nursing, attended a meeting of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers accreditation committee in Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 25. As a newly selected member of the board of directors of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), he attended that group's annual meeting in Knoxville Oct. 26. Worthley is a team chair for ABET and conducted an accreditation visit to the Community College of Morris in Randolph Township, N.J., Oct. 28-30. Marian K. Adair, assistant director and coordinator of counseling and testing services, has earned the Ed.D. in higher education administration and counseling. The degree was conferred by Indiana University Bloomington in September. Christiane I. Seiler, associate professor of Germanic languages, presented a paper entitled "Gegenüberstellung vom Bild des alten Mannes und dem der alten Frau an ausgewählten Beispielen Grimmscher und Bechsteinscher Märchen" at the annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Oct. 4-6. Three members of the department of sociology and anthropology faculty presented papers at the Indiana Academy of Social Science in Hanover, Oct. 11. They are: Diane E. Beynon, assistant professor of anthropology, "1984 B.C. Late Archaic Utilization Patterns of the St. Joseph Drainage, Northeastern Indiana"; Michael R. Nusbaumer, associate professor of sociology, "An Orwellian Analysis of War in 1984: Visions and Realities"; and Alan S. Sandstrom, associate professor of anthropology, "Sacred Iconography of the Huasteca-Nahuas Indians."
Phelps Dodge gift aids psychology lab
ATTENDING THE INSTALLATION OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM donated to the psychology laboratory are IPFW's Bruce B. Abbott, left, and Roger D. Wright of Phelps Dodge.
Phelps Dodge Magnet Wire Co. of Fort Wayne has donated a surplus Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-8/A laboratory computer system worth about $4,000 to the department of psychological sciences of Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. The system, which includes the computer, a VT-50 video terminal, dual eight-inch disk drives, and analog-to-digital conversion boards, will be used in the department's animal behavior laboratory to conduct research on stress-induced analgesia and related topics. The suggestion to donate the computer system originated with Roger D. Wright, manager of equipment development engineering at Phelps Dodge. Wright became aware of the need for the computer when his next-door neighbor, Bruce Abbott, associate professor of psychological sciences, happened to mention problems Abbott was having with the psychology department's aging PDP-8/F computer. The system donated by Phelps Dodge replaces the old computer and will greatly improve the reliability of the laboratory and add new data-acquisition capabilities.
Stealth, 8 gallons of paint made PIT's 'black box'
FOLK & LORE 1964-1984 20th ANNIVERSARY
It all began some 20 years ago. Small theatre programs were operated on the academic level by both Purdue and Indiana, yet neither could mount a major production due to the lack of a performance facility. In 1964, the faculty (one in each program) decided to produce jointly the first play at the new regional campus setting, and Purdue Indiana Theatre was born. The production that October was Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid." The play was rehearsed in the space now occupied by PIT, but because the wiring for the new light board, the stage, and the audience risers were not yet installed, the production itself took place in the Kettler Hall student lounge, currently the area occupied on the first floor by Academic Services. By 1966 PIT was fully functional in its new home and a full season of four plays was offered. That "new home" had been designed as a TV studio and, even though the basic equipment for theatre production was installed, the room itself left a bit to be desired. Although black velour curtains could surround the playing and audience spaces, the walls covered by the curtains were white. As the productions of 1967 were being conceived, it was clear that more flexibility was needed to handle the increased scenery demands of these shows. New scene designer O. F. Kenworthy was faced with a dilemma-how to do "black box" theatre in a white room when the scene designs precluded use of the curtains. Kenworthy requested that Physical Plant paint the room black and was told that black was not an "approved" university color. Had that request been made today, with Physical Plant's current view toward university service, it probably would be honored, but such was not the case or attitude in those days. Needing the work done and done quickly, Kenworthy called an all-night work session for the weekend (less chance of being discovered) and bought eight gallons of flat black paint. The next Monday morning he was called into Dean and Director D. R. Smith's office for a discussion on the matter and PIT's philosophy of "better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission" was born. With few exceptions that philosophy has served PIT well for two decades. This column was contributed by O. F. Kenworthy, assistant vice chancellor, dean of academic services, and associate professor of theatre.
Sports roundup
Women's basketball outlook
With five top-notch area high school recruits and seven veterans, IPFW women's basketball team will open season play against Northern Kentucky Nov. 24 at 3 p.m. in the IPFW Multipurpose Building. Returning are last season's two top scorers, Rhonda Unverferth and Joan Wenning. Together these two seniors will score more than 3,000 points in their four-year basketball careers. Others returning are Clara Trowbridge, Rita Boyle, Michelle Foltz, Bev Miller, and Jennie Owen. Recruits include Snider's Becky Patterson, Northrop's Lisa Zehr, Elmhurst's Lori Miller, Bishop Dwenger's Chris Bonahoom, and Heritage's Gretchen Albersmeyer. Coach Kirk Kavanaugh is optimistic about the season. "This team has the most individual talent I have ever coached. The challenge will be to translate it into team talent."
Men's basketball outlook
IPFW men's basketball enters third-year NCAA Division II competition and first-year Great Lakes Valley competition Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. against Albion in the IPFW Multipurpose Building. Pizza Hut has bought out the house to offer free ticket coupons at all 17 of their area locations, and WMEE radio will present "Pizza Hut Night," when the Mastodons face a tough Kentucky State team. Tim Russell's Mastodons compiled a best-ever 18-10 record last season, and that team's two top scorers, Jeff Fullove and Mark Cook are returning. After Fullove entered the lineup, he averaged 19.5 points per game and led the Mastodons to 17 victories in 22 games while Cook averaged 15.5 points per game. The squad is striving for an NCAA Division II bid this season, a goal narrowly missed last year. Two recruits, David Lutes of Hammond Bishop Noll and Richard Ivy from Muncie Northside, should bolster an already tough team. Other returning starters are Jim Morlan, Jeff Nannen, and Willie Brooks. Rob Henderson, now Mastodon assistant coach, is the only 1983-1984 starter lost to graduation.
Piston-Pacer update
Cancellation of the Detroit Piston-Indiana Pacer basketball game Oct. 7 should not cause IPFW to incur financial loss, although an opportunity to raise athletic scholarship funds from the contest was lost. Negotiations between administrators representing IPFW, the Memorial Coliseum, and the Detroit Pistons began after the Oct. 31 end of the refund period. The game was cancelled when condensation made the Memorial Coliseum floor too slippery and dangerous for basketball play. All efforts to eliminate the condition were unsuccessful. One bright spot from the ordeal is that many people who bought tickets supported IPFW athletics by not asking for refunds. This money will go to the IPFW Athletic Scholarship Fund.
New computer to satisfy needs through 1980s
Dick Ritchie, director of computing and data processing, believes the new IBM 4381 computer - installed, and squeezed into tight quarters on the second floor of Kettler during July, August, and September - will be a big boost to IPFW's computing capability. "This system is significantly larger and faster than the old system," Ritchie said, describing the computer as a "top-of-the-line, intermediate-range IBM system." IPFW's new IBM system joins, but does not replace, the campus' VAX system, and greatly expands the capacity available to users. The old computer has 1 million bytes of memory, and the new system has 4 million bytes of memory, which is expandable to 16 million bytes, Ritchie said. "We have great growth potential," Ritchie said. "That's the major strategy behind this purchase. We'll be able to expand our administrative applications and satisfy our requirements for most of the 1980s." Ritchie said the new computer is used for academic and administrative purposes.
START attracts 'Young Astronaut' program to FWCS
Partly because of IPFW's Summit Technology and Research Transfer (START) center, Fort Wayne was chosen as one of 10 cities in the nation to participate in a pilot program to improve science, mathematics, and technology education in elementary and middle schools. The Young Astronauts program was announced Oct. 16 by 4th District U.S. Rep. Dan Coats. The next day, 15 elementary- and middle-school students accompanied Coats on a trip to Washington, D.C., where they met President Reagan at a White House reception, visited with several shuttle astronauts, and toured the Goddard Space Museum. James Bundschuh, dean of the IPFW School of Science and Humanities and an education advisor to START, participated in the Washington trip. "Fort Wayne has been looked at and examined and chosen for this program," Coats said. "It means an awful lot. It means we are able to tap into an eight-year program (combining science education and the space program) developed by the White House." Fort Wayne was chosen for the program, which will conclude in 1992-the year the permanent space lab will be completed and the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Columbus-because of the city's reputation for cooperation among the Fort Wayne Community Schools, government, industry, and IPFW. "This impressed the White House," Coats said. Each FWCS elementary and middle school will receive kits of materials monthly relating to aspects of the space program. The school children also will be able to tap into a national computer system for science and space information, get to meet astronauts visiting Fort Wayne, and attend a shuttle lift-off at Cape Canaveral. "We're talking about (preparing our children for) tens of thousands of jobs-not just astronauts, but in manufacturing and education-coming from the explosion in the space program. We're trying to harness the boom in the space program, and filter that down into the schools," Coats said.
DON GORNEY, IPFW students' government president, welcomed area politicians to a campaign forum devoted to higher-education issues last month. Among those participating were Orville Moody, candidate for State Representative, left, and State Senator Richard Worman.
Class revels in new computer savvy
"I never enjoyed keeping house in the first place. Now with one bedroom cleared and set up as my computer center, I don't have to pretend to keep house." That is the declaration of freedom expressed by one student in the IPFW continuing-education course, "Microcomputers for Seniors," conducted during September and October. Although some expressed a broadened sense of humility after trying to work with microcomputers, others were excited and stimulated. One said she is going to use a word-processing program to add convenience to her life, with letter-writing and list-keeping her current projects. If she gets around to it, word processing will also be a boon for genealogy. Their reasons for enrolling in the course were varied, as were their previous experience and aptitudes, but one familiar strain ran through their comments. Other family members, usually children or grandchildren, work with computers, and this exposure gives them a mutual interest. One woman said she is going to California soon to visit her family who are "into computers," and she wants to be prepared. Another student said that in 1965 she saw a $3 million computer at International Harvester Co., and she also took a course on "a big machine" at IPFW about that time. She now has her own microcomputer. "I've always had to justify every expenditure I made. But I just wanted a computer, I bought one, and I love it!" Several class members are retired engineers, some of whom are familiar with mainframe computers but novices at microcomputers. Gerard G. Zimmerman, who will be 94 years old this month, came "just to see what it's all about." Offered for the first time the 22-student course was instructed by Helen C. Lee, associate professor of education, and Harry Gates, professor of electrical engineering technology. Lee introduced the class to the software available, and Gates explained use of the microcomputers for problem-solving. One day the class worked out a program for computing hamburger sales at an imaginary fast-food emporium, figuring prices for multiple sales, change due customers, and inventory-keeping procedures. Gates, who has taught continuing-education courses for eight years, was recently presented the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies Award for Teaching Excellence in Noncredit Programs.
ALLAYING ANXIETY ABOUT COMPUTERS was one of the purposes of the recent continuing-education course, "Microcomputers for Seniors." Here, instructor Harry Gates gives Joan Grigsby a program tip.
GERARD G. ZIMMERMAN took honors as the oldest student in "Microcomputers for Seniors," and he said he enrolled because he enjoys thinking young.
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