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Vol.
16, No. 12, March 2, 2000 Issue
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Top
teachers, students to be recognized
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones and Julie Rausch
Faculty
who are doing outstanding work in teaching, research and creative
activity will be recognized during WSU’s Honors Convocation
Saturday, March 11, at 9 a.m. in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
Bonding
with the school district
By
Amy Geiszler-Jones
If Keith
Pickus, assistant professor of modern German history, were
asked about one of the benefits of being a WSU faculty member,
Wichita public schools would top his list.
Spring
enrollment rises
By
Joe Kleinsasser
WSU’s
enrollment climbed 2.5 percent this spring, compared to spring
1999. Credit hour production climbed 4 percent.
Smoke
begins to clear from Wallace Hall fire
By
Joe Kleinsasser
How much
damage resulted from the Wallace Hall fire Wednesday evening,
Feb. 23, is still being determined. It’s generally agreed
that it could have been much worse. No injuries were reported.
Heskett
estate nets estimated $3.4 million
By
Lynette Murphy
Wichita
State University has received nearly all the proceeds from
the estate of Herschel "Dene" Heskett (’35),
who died in November 1997. A total of $3.4 million is estimated.
‘The
Desert Song’ is full of romance, intrigue and glorious
melodies
The opera/musical
theater program will present the allure and mystery of the
Middle East, captured in glorious melody in the romantic operetta
"The Desert Song" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
March 9-11, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12, in Miller Concert
Hall.
From left
to right, Carol, Jerold and Marie Liebst. As part of a recent
50th anniversary celebration, Jerold and Marie Liebst were
surprised with the announcement that an endowed scholarship
in their name was created in WSU’s College of Engineering.
Jerold graduated with an aerospace engineering degree in 1962
and six of his seven children hold WSU degrees; four of them
have engineering degrees. Daughter-in-law Carol Liebst is
also an engineering alum.
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Former Wichita
State TRIO student Marvel Davis gets animated while talking
to more than 200 middle school, high school and WSU students
during National TRIO Day Feb. 23. Davis is now a literary artist
in Indiana. TRIO programs, which are federally funded and are
part of WSU’s Student Support Services, help low-income,
first-generation or ethnically diverse students enter college
and graduate.
Bank
on this talk
A WSU
business graduate who started her banking career in 1969 to
pay for college and now is an executive with a nationwide
banking operation will talk about her career and the changing
industry during a free talk open to the public March 8.
WSU’s
sport administration program endorsed by boards
By
Julie Rausch
WSU’s
sport administration program in the department of kinesiology
and sport studies has been certified by its governing boards
– the North American Society of Sport Administration
and the National Association of Sport and Physical Education
– as being a quality program in full compliance with
sport management program standards.
A
few words for the children
Daisy
Kabagarama, associate professor of minority studies, who tries
to foster dialogue on various topics through her writings,
has turned her pen to poems about issues concerning children.
Snacking
may be good or bad for your health
By
Joe Kleinsasser
Snacking
is not a new phenomenon. Its popularity, though, seems to
have grown in recent decades.
Wichita
State recognizes top high school juniors
Kansas
high school juniors who are in the top 10 percent of their
class will be honored at a WSU Presidential Scholars luncheon
Friday, March 3, in the Rhatigan Student Center ballroom.
An earlier luncheon was held Friday, Feb. 25.
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Share portfolio
ideas
The undergraduate
assessment committee is sponsoring a panel discussion on "Creating
and Using Student Portfolios for Continuity in Undergraduate Assessment"
at noon Friday, March 10, in 203 Rhatigan Student Center. Panelists will
be Philip Gaunt, Elliott School of Communication; Randy Turk, administration,
counseling, educational and school psychology; and Elaine Bernstorf, music
education. A free sandwich luncheon will be provided. RSVP to Sue Dutton,
978-3010.
An interdisciplinary
interchange
The interdisciplinary
activities committee will sponsor displays of interdisciplinary course
materials by faculty who teach such courses from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Friday,
March 31, in the Ulrich Museum.
A song for sale
Music memorabilia
will be sold to raise funds for the School of Music before performances
of the operetta "The Desert Song’ later this month. The sale
will be held in the Miller Concert Hall lobby before and after the 7:30
p.m. performances March 9-11 and the 3 p.m. performance March 12. Items
also will be sold from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 10-11. On
Monday, March 13, whatever is left will be sold for half-price.
Loving too much
An eight-week group
program, "Smart Women Who Love Too Much," will meet 5:30-7 p.m.
Mondays, April 10-May 29 at WSU Downtown. For enrollment and fee information,
contact Nan Porter or Carmen Thomas, 978-3440.
‘Computers
Unplugged’
Learn more about
hardware and software during "Computers Unplugged: A Gentle Introduction
to the Computer," a non-credit lunchtime course meeting March 20,
22 and 24 at WSU Downtown. This is the first in a series of springtime
"leisure courses" being offered from noon-1 p.m. at the WSU
facility at 127 N. Market.
Other courses are
"Financial Well-being: What Every Woman Should Know," March
28, 30, April 4, 6; "Flower Power: A Fresh Look at Floral Design,"
April 10, 12, 17, 19; and "Digging up the Past: An Introduction to
Genealogy Research," May 4, 9, 11. Fees vary; pre-registration is
required. Call 978-6555.
And the award goes
to …
The Media Resources
Center is holding a reception at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, for Daxton
Spencer, a freshman communications major who won the MRC’s Carol
and Elton Holman Screenwriting Competition with his screenplay "Floor
Twenty-four."
The Holmans’
estate established an endowed fund for the MRC, and the screenwriting
competition, with a $500 prize, was created. Carol Holman was the first
director of the MRC’s predecessor, the Audio-Visual Center, from
1956-1978.
Sing
for this award
Scholarship auditions
for the music theater program will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March
11. For more information and to make an appointment, contact Micki Landers,
978-3368.
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