Focus for 2001 Interview Project is Student Retention and Recruitment
Nobel Prize Winner to Visit Truman Campus
Harry "The Horse" Gallatin to be Honored
$220,000 Available in Foundation Scholarships
New Library System Goes Online Jan. 23
Truman faculty, students and staff should be prepared to bookmark a new site on their web browsers Jan. 23 when the University's new library catalog comes on-line.
Truman is one of 53 academic institutions in Missouri that make up the MOBIUS library consortium, whose primary goals are implementing a common system and sharing library resources. The consortium was formed in 1998, system implementations began in 1999 and will continue through 2002. When MOBIUS is fully implemented students, faculty and staff will have access to more than 14 million items.
To use the new catalog effectively, users should become familiar with new terminology that reflects the structure of the MOBIUS consortium. A list of the most pertinent terms follow.
•MOBIUS - name of the consortium of academic institutions (both 2- and 4-year) that have developed the common library system and the name of the central catalog that holds the library records for all schools.
•LANCE - one of eleven statewide clusters that includes Truman and five other schools in the northeast region: Culver-Stockton College, Hannibal-LaGrange College, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Linn State Technical College and Moberly Area Community College. LANCE also is the name of the joint catalog that includes the library records from all six schools listed above.
•WebCat - the name library staff will use for the Pickler Memorial Library catalog.
The above catalogs will be available Jan. 23 and users should go to the Pickler home page on that day to find the web address and link that will give them access.
The most obvious advantage of the new WebCat for Truman users is that it can be accessed by a standard web browser (either Netscape or Internet Explorer) that will make it easier to connect to the catalog from either on or off campus. WebCat has the functionality of a typical web page, including hyperlinks, buttons, graphical interfaces, etc.
Faculty, staff and students who want to learn to search the WebCat in the most effective way should consult instructional materials developed by the Pickler reference department, available at the reference desk or the Pickler home page. To take full advantage of what the new WebCat has to offer, faculty may arrange for instructional sessions for their classes by contacting the reference desk at 785.4051.
A special feature of the new WebCat is that it gives Truman faculty, staff and students the ability to use the catalog to borrow materials from LANCE and MOBIUS libraries, this feature is known as direct patron borrowing. Beginning March 5 members of the Truman community may place an on-line request to borrow materials from libraries in the LANCE cluster.
On June 4 community members may begin borrowing materials from all MOBIUS schools by using the MOBIUS central catalog. Once materials have been requested and have been verified as available, they will be delivered within 48 hours to Pickler for pick-up and charge-out. The MOBIUS consortium operates its own delivery system as a way to ensure the timely delivery of library materials.
The Pickler staff is interested in receiving feedback about the new system and how effective it is for users. Please direct comments to Library staff or send them by electronic suggestion box under "Services and Policies" on the Library home page.
January Conference
“Strengthening Our Liberal Arts Culture: Liberally Educating Students For The 21st Century”
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 24
Student Union Building
Speakers
Dr. Kala M. Stroup,
Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education
Dr. Peter T. Ewell,
Senior Associate for the National Center for Higher Education
Systems
Dr. George A. Drake,
Professor of History and Former President of Grinnell College
Ms. Marcia B. Doty
Principal Consultant
Organization Development
& Training
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University faculty,
staff and student leaders are invited to join in
an organized day of
reflection, discussion
and planning regarding
future educational trends.
Please RSVP no later
than Friday, Jan. 19.
Focus for 2001 Interview Project is Student Retention and Recruitment
The annual Interview Project will begin Jan. 18 and will continue through the end of February for 100 Truman freshmen. The project, in its ninth year, is sometimes referred to as the "Junior" Interview Project, although other class levels are used as the questions of interest vary.The Project allows students the opportunity to express personal opinions in a face-to-face format, not available with other types of assessment. A team of two interviewers, one faculty member and one student, complete the interview with each randomly-selected student.
The project concentration changes each year and this year’s project will center upon issues concerning University recruitment and retention.
David Gillette, associate professor of economics and Project director, indicated questions used in the interview were generated as a result of input from student focus groups where the issues of recruitment and retention were discussed.
Responses and issues that emerged from the focus group discussions served as the basis for the interview questions that were later developed by the University Assessment Committee.
The ultimate goal of the project this year is to provide insight into meeting the needs of Truman students. In turn, the input may also assist in recruitment efforts so that Truman is successful in recruiting more students who remain at the University until they graduate.
Results of the Interview Project are published annually in the Assessment Almanac, available through the Vice President of Academic Affairs Office, McClain 203. The document is also available in PDF format online at www2.truman.edu/assessment/data~as.html
Any faculty or interested students who would like to participate as interviewers for the project should contact Gillette at 785.4334 or at gillette@truman.edu.
Nobel Prize Winner to Visit Truman Campus
Dr.
Roald Hoffmann, winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemis-try, will be the
third Distinguished Visiting Scholar to visit Truman’s campus this year.
Hoffmann characterizes his contribution to the field as "applied theoretical
chemistry" and shared the award in 1981 with Kenichi Fukui.
Hoffmann, born in 1937 in Zloczow, Poland, survived World War II and came to the United States in 1949 to study chemistry at Columbia University. After graduating summa cum laude, he went on to earn his masters in physics and his doctorate in chemical physics from Harvard University.
Since 1965, he has served on the chemistry faculty at Cornell University and in 1996 was named the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters at that institution. In 1983 he served as a Visiting Pro-fessor of Medicine at McMaster Univer-sity in Ontario and the following year as a Research Fellow in Neuropsychology at the University of Sussex.
Hoffmann is also an author of poems and essays and has an avid interest in theatrical arts. From 1978-1987, he served as the associate director of the English National Opera and from 1988-90, served as the artistic director of the Old Vic. His most recent publications are Old Wine, New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish Traditions (1997, by W.H. Freeman; with Shira Leibowitz) and Memory Effects, a collection of poetry (1999, by Calhoun Press).
His public itinerary will begin at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 29, in Violette Hall 1000 with a public colloquium titled "Pure/Impure: Science and Religion." His keynote lecture, "One Culture, or The Commonalities and Differences Between the Arts and the Sciences” will be delivered at 7:30 p.m.
Harry “The Horse” Gallatin to be Honored
6 p.m - Reception
6:30 p.m. - Banquet
$10 per ticket
Jan. 19
SUB Georgian Room
Reservations requested. Call the Athletic Office, 785.4236.
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1946-47 and 1947-48
men’s Bulldog basketball
team members
will be recognized.
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Gallatin’s basketball
jersey, #44, will be retired during half-time of the men’s basketball
game
3:30 p.m.,
Jan. 20.
$220,000 Available in Foundation Scholarships
All applications must be submitted online at
www2.truman.edu/foundationscholarships
or
www.truman.edu
in the Current Student/Finances section
Deadline for
applications is
3 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 22
For more information contact the
Office of Advancement
785.4133
Career Expo 2001 Feb. 21
Resumes due Jan. 25
A list of companies attending available at www2.truman.ed/career/ExpoHelp.html.
For more information contact the Career Center, 785.4353.
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Saffir to Perform
Janice Saffir, associate professor of music, will perform a recital
of solo piano music at 8 p.m., Jan. 18, in Baldwin Auditorium. She will
perform works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Gershwin/Wild and Kreisler
Rachmaninoff, and also provide brief comments about the music. The public
is invited to attend free of charge.
European Program Applications Due Jan. 26
Applications are now being accepted for the annual Europe in Transition travel/study program scheduled for the May Interim. Students earn six hours of credit, either six humanities credits under the LAS core or three hours inter-cultural and three hours elective under the LSP. The deadline for application is Jan. 26 to Violette Hall 2448.The Europe in Transition program is under the guidance of Mary Giovannini, professor of business administration, who has directed the program since 1991. The 2001 tour will visit Brussels in the European Union and Moscow and St. Petersburg in the Russian Union.
"Time and again students have told me this is an experience of a lifetime and a real eye-opener for them," Giovannini said.
Europe
in Transition Participants posed last summer on the grounds at the Castle
of Versailles.
No prerequisites are required for the
course and it is open to freshmen through seniors. Participants are required
to attend lectures and complete pre-travel reading during the spring semester,
keep a journal during the travel portion of the program and submit a paper
after returning to campus.
While out of the country, students will
visit several sites per day and study the culture, history and political
climate of each area. Giovannini says this year’s program will include
trips to the Moscow ballet and the theatre.
Giovannini mentions several reasons Truman
students might want to look into the Europe in Transition program. "The
time frame for this experience is appealing to many students, and study
abroad programs are attractive to future employers. The experience is helpful
in later coursework at the University since it gives the students a more
global perspective," she added.
For more information about the Europe in Transition
program, contact Giovannini at 785.4365 or the Center for International
Study Abroad at 785.4076.
Martin Luther King Jr. Events
Days of Service
Jan. 12 - Jan. 20
Unity Luncheon
featuring
Buck O’Neil
Tuesday, Jan. 16
11:45 a.m.
SUB Georgian Room
Annual MLK Symposium,
3:30 p.m.
Violette Hall 1000
“Dream Big” Contest
entries due
Friday, Jan. 19
Notables
Becky Becker, assistant professor of theatre, had an article titled, “Robbie McCau-ley: A Journey Toward Movement,”published in the December 2000 issue of Theatre Journal. The article mentions Beck-er’s experience working with performance artist/director Robbie McCauley on a production at Mount Holyoke College, and examines the components essential to cross-cultural collaboration and performance.Truman forensic and debate team members won the University of Nebraska’s in-vitational forensics tournament in Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 4-7. The team topped a field of 14 colleges and universities to win the honor.
Adam Brooke Davis, assistant professor of English, had an article titled, “‘Prim-itive Peoples and the Magic of the Other,” published in Bibliophilos, a quarterly journal of the liberal arts. This article discusses cross-cultural concepts of “the primitive.”
Three exercise science majors were awarded the Pat McSwegin Research Award for having the best student research paper at the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Conference. Included were Leanna Heritage, senior from Davenport, Iowa; Tracy Knopp, senior from Edgerton, Mo.; and Melissa McIntyre, senior from Valley Park, Mo.
Chris Baucom, senior psychology major from New Orleans, La., mentored by Chris Lantz, assistant professor of exercise science, presented his research on faculty attitudes toward NCAA Division II male athletes at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kristin Weichert, May 2000 exercise science graduate, presented her research on exercise adherence in geriatric patients at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Washington, D.C. She was mentored by Chris Lantz, assistant professor of exercise science and Rene McGovern, assistant professor of family medicine at KCOM.
Notes
Becky Becker, assistant professor of theatre, had an article titled, “Robbie McCau-ley: A Journey Toward Movement,”published in the December 2000 issue of Theatre Journal. The article mentions Beck-er’s experience working with performance artist/director Robbie McCauley on a production at Mount Holyoke College, and examines the components essential to cross-cultural collaboration and performance.Truman forensic and debate team members won the University of Nebraska’s in-vitational forensics tournament in Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 4-7. The team topped a field of 14 colleges and universities to win the honor.
Adam Brooke Davis, assistant professor of English, had an article titled, “‘Prim-itive Peoples and the Magic of the Other,” published in Bibliophilos, a quarterly journal of the liberal arts. This article discusses cross-cultural concepts of “the primitive.”
Three exercise science majors were awarded the Pat McSwegin Research Award for having the best student research paper at the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Conference. Included were Leanna Heritage, senior from Davenport, Iowa; Tracy Knopp, senior from Edgerton, Mo.; and Melissa McIntyre, senior from Valley Park, Mo.
Chris Baucom, senior psychology major from New Orleans, La., mentored by Chris Lantz, assistant professor of exercise science, presented his research on faculty attitudes toward NCAA Division II male athletes at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kristin Weichert, May 2000 exercise science graduate, presented her research on exercise adherence in geriatric patients at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Washington, D.C. She was mentored by Chris Lantz, assistant professor of exercise science and Rene McGovern, assistant professor of family medicine at KCOM.
On Campus
16 Tuesday
11:45 a.m. - Unity Luncheon, Georgian Room
3:30 p.m.-Annual MLK Symposium, Violette 100017 Wednesday
12:30 - Faculty Development Weekly Lunch Series, Gover-ners’ Room; see Notes
5 p.m. - Big Event Planning meeting, SUB Down Under; see Notes
5:30 p.m. - Women’s basketball vs. Northwest Missouri State University
7:30 p.m. - Men’s basketball vs. NWMSU18 Thursday
Interview Project begins
ISEP applications due
8 p.m. - Saffir piano recital, Baldwin Auditorium; see p. 3
8 p.m. - “Spectacle Francais” meeting/audition, McClain Hall 306; see Notes
8 p.m. - Student advisor informational meeting, Ryle Hall classroom; see Notes for additional meeting dates19 Friday
6 p.m. - Harry “The Horse” Gallatin reception/banquet, Georgian Room; see page 2.20 Saturday
1:30 p.m. - Women’s basketball vs. Emporia State (Kan.)
3:30 p.m. - Men’s basketball vs. Emporia State (Gallatin’s jersey to be retired)
7 p.m. - Bulldog wrestling dual, Pershing22 Monday
3:30 p.m. - Social Science Faculty Research Seminar, SUB Room 4; see Notes
7 p.m. - Wrestling vs. Central College, Pershing
7 p.m. - Sigma Chi Delta meeting, SUB Activities Room; see Notes.
8 p.m. - Violinist Oliver Steiner to perform, Baldwin Auditorium; see Notes
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